Scott Walker Campaign Drops Palmisano After Racist Tweets About Illegal Aliens Surfaced

Taylor Palmisano

The re-elect Scott Walker campaign announced it had dropped Palmisano from their staff after prior racist tweets that she posted about illegal aliens surfaced.

By H. Nelson Goodson

December 3, 2013

Madison, WI - On Tuesday, the Republican campaign Friends of Scott Waker headquarters to re-elect Governor Scott Walker confirmed that Taylor Palmisano, 23, the Deputy Finance Director has been dropped from the campaign staff after several racist tweets that she posted resurfaced targetting illegal aliens. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MJS) reported that Palmisano posted two tweets aimed at illegal aliens. In one, Palmisano posted, "I will choke that illegal mex cleaning in the library. Stop banging f○○king chairs around and turn off your Walkman." (Dated March 9, 2011)

The other tweet stated, "This bus is my worst f○○king nightmare Nobody speaks English & these ppl dont know how 2 control their kids #only3morehours #illegalaliens." Palmisano was returning to Wisconsin from a Badger Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, CA and was heading to Las Vegas in January 3, 2011, the MJS reported.

Palmisano has deleted her Facebook  and Twitter accounts, since she was fired from the Walker re-election campaign.

Walker is running for re-election in 2014 and is seen as a potential candidate for President in 2016, eventhough his hasn't earned a college degree, according to critics. 

In October, Walker attempted to attract the Latino vote by contacting the Mexican government and requesting for President Enrique Peña Nieto to open a Mexican Consulate in Wisconsin. Walker has noticed the economic growth and contribution that Hispanics have contributed to the state's economic growth, but he has yet to publicly endorsed for undocumented immigrants in Wisconsin to apply for driver licenses or to allow for instate tuition for DREAMers in the state.

Until Walker allows driver licenses to be issued to undocumented immigrants and also allow instate tuition for DREAMers, Latinos in the state will not take Governor Walker seriously.

Former Democratic Governor Jim Doyle signed a law preventing undocumented immigrants from applying or renewing their driver licenses in the state.

Walker Charged In Fatal Southside Hit and Run of 8-month-old Toddler

Thomas Antonio Walker III

Walker driving a U-Haul fatally struck an 18-month-old child and injured her mother while crossing the street and kept on going.

By H. Nelson Goodson

December 3, 2013

Milwaukee,  WI - On Tuesday, Thomas Antonio Walker III, 24, was charged with three felony counts for a hit-and-run resulting in the death of Ariana Matosek, 18 months old. He was also charged with hit-and-run causing injuring to Cheyenne Jaskson, 22, Matosek's mother. Walker was also charged with knowingly driving with a suspended license resulting in death. If convicted on all felony counts, Walker is facing up to 31 years in prison. A cash bail bond was set at $70,000 for Walker.

Walker while driving a U-Haul truck struck both Matosek and Jackson as they crossed the street at S. 6th Street and W. Hayes Ave. on Wednesday around 4:20 p.m. Walker never stopped. 

The abandoned U-Haul was later located on S. 7th Street. Walker was taken into custody on late Thursday after police found him hiding on a crawl space where he stayed at a North side home.

Walker told police, he later realized that he struck both victims after news reports aired.

Mall of America Officials Show Grinch Spirit After Man Throws His Last $1K At Black Friday Shoppers

Serge Vorobyov

Vorobyov who tossed $1K at Black Friday shoppers was arrested and cited for causing a disturbance by police after Mall of America officials thought it was an act that could have ended with someone getting hurt.

By H. Nelson Goodson

December 3, 2013

Bloomington, Minnesota - On Friday, Serge Vorobyov was arrested and cited for disorderly conduct by Bloomington police for tossing his last one thousand dollars at Black Friday Mall of America shoppers. Vorobyov who says, that he is going through hard times and just went through a bad divorce decided to go into the mall on Friday and toss $1K from a fourth floor into the ground level rotunda where a choir was singing "Let it Snow."

Mall of America (MOA) officials are now being labeled holiday "Grinches" by mall shoppers for over reacting and allowing police to cite Vorobyov for disturbing the peace after tossing money in the mall. A statement released by MOA to media outlets says, Vorobyov's act "could have caused a major disturbance and ended in someone getting hurt." No one was reported injured, but many people received some extra shopping cash from Vorobyov, according to police.

Did MOA over react instead of thanking Vorobyov for the publicity the mall received over the weekend?

Vorobyov posted a YouTube video explaining his intent and is now facing a citation for tossing money over the railing from the fourth floor of the MOA. He says, he didn't deserve a citation for disorderly conduct, since no one was injured. Vorobyov says, he is going through a messy divorce and just wanted to spread some holiday cheer and just tossed his last $1K when a choir was singing "Let it Snow."

Vorobyov in his YouTube statement says, "I went through a horrible divorce and she even took the cat and won't tell me where it is. I thought I would just spread some holiday cheer...pay it forward."

Shame on MOA for acting like Grinches this holiday season.

Should Vorobyov been arrested and cited for disorderly conduct for throwing his own money away to Black Friday shoppers at the MOA?

Vorobyov explains his side of the story in following video link: http://alturl.com/s43d8

Video where Vorobyov throws cash to Black Friday MOA shoppers at link: http://alturl.com/qx79s

Yarrington Ruvalcaba, Former Tamaulipas Governor Indicted For Money Laundering And Bank Fraud

Tomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba and Fernando Alejandro Cano Martinez

U.S. federal authorities are seeking information on the whereabouts of both Ruvalcaba and Martinez who were indicted for conspiracy to defraud banks and money laundering. 

By H. Nelson Goodson

December 2, 2013

Brownsville, Texas - On Monday,  U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Texas unsealed an indictment charging both Tomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba, 56, a former Tamaulipas governor and his associate Fernando Alejandro Cano Martinez, 57, from the City of Juarez, Tamaulipas with conspiracy to defraud banks and money laundering. The indictment charges Ruvalcaba and Martinez, the owner of Materiales y Construcciones Villa de Aguayo, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican construction firm, with conspiring to violate the provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute. The two men are also charged with conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy to defraud, and conspiracy to make false statements to federally insured U.S. banks.

Ruvalcaba is also separately charged with a conspiracy to violate the provisions of the Controlled Substances Act, two substantive bank fraud charges, and a conspiracy to structure currency transactions at a domestic financial institution, while Martinez is separately charged with three counts of bank fraud.

In May 2012, a previous indictment states that Ruvalcaba began to accept bribes from drug traffickers in 1998. Martinez conspired to created a variety of corporate entities in the U.S. to launder money paid by the Gulf Cartel to corrupt high level public elected Mexican officials and candidates for public office in Tamaulipas. 

"Millions worth of assets, primarily in Texas real estate were aquired in the scheme. Martinez is also accused of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. According to the indictment, Martinez and others also engaged in a separate conspiracy in the acquisition of loans from financial institutions by submitting false financial information to the banks in order to obtain the loans.

"At the same time the indictment against Martinez was returned, civil actions were filed by United States Attorney's Offices in the Southern and Western Districts of Texas. In Corpus Christi, Texas, a civil complaint was filed regarding real estate property allegedly owned by Ruvalcaba. Ruvalcaba was the former mayor of Matamoros, former governor of Tamaulipas from 1999 to 2004 and a former presidential candidate for Mexico. In the complaint, it is alleged that Ruvalcaba used illicit proceeds to purchase a condominium located in South Padre Island, Texas, using a third party to conduct the $450,000 transaction and hold title.

"In San Antonio, the United States Attorney's Office is filing a civil action regarding a single property, purchased in 2006 for approximately $6.6 million, that was allegedly obtained with illicit funds by Ruvalcaba, Martinez and others," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Texas.

Ruvalcaba also allegedly smuggled cocaine into the U.S. from 2007 to 2009. If convicted, Ruvalcaba is facing up to 20 years in prison for money laundering, 30 years for bank fraud and 10 years for the drug charge.

Martinez, if convicted of three counts for bank fraud is facing up to 30 years in prison for each count, 20 years for money laundering and a money judgement of $20M for each count and forfeiture of assets, including an airplane and bank acounts.

Former Rio Grande City Police Sargeant Charged For Molesting Minors

Rodolfo Hinojosa

Hinojosa resigned late last month after allegations surfaced of sexually assaulting two minors.

By H. Nelson Goodson

December 2, 2013

Rio Grande City, Texas - On early Tuesday, former Rio Grande City (RGC) Police Sargeant Rodolfo Hinojosa, 28, surrendered to the Starr County Sheriff's Office after a judge issued a felony warrant for his arrest for molesting several minors. Hinojosa was booked and charged with two felony counts of sexual assault in connection with having sexual contact with two under age girls, according to the criminal complaint.

Starr County authorities began investigating Hinojosa after sexual assault allegations were reported to authorities about a month ago. Hinojosa was an 7-year veteran with the RGC Police Department.

A judge set a bail bond of $200,000 for Hinojosa. He remains in custody, according to the Starr County District Attorney's office.

Student Reporter Sexually Assaulted And Arrested By Mexico, D.F. Police During 1-year Protest Of Nieto's Administration

Alejandra Natalia Rodríguez Escobar

Female reporter from La Jornada was also assaulted by police for video taping Escobar's arrest in Mexico, D.F.

By H. Nelson Goodson

December 1, 2013

Mexico, D.F. - On Sunday, Somos el Medio dot org. reported that Mexican police arrested Alejandra Natalia Rodríguez Escobar, 21, a student reporter for Somos el Medio, a digital news source while attempting to cover the 1-year march and protest of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's government. A large event composed of a march and protest began earlier today to commemorate last year's manisfestations after Nieto was elected.

A confrontation ignited between large groups of young people with their faces covered and granaderos (grain workers). The protesters also threw rocks at the Televisa Chapultepec installation and damaged a police van. Some teenagers painted graffiti around the area as they went through as police formed lines to maintain control and limit the spread of violence by the protesters. 

Also in some subway stations near the protests, authorities took measures and closed their metal gates to prevent the protesters from going into the subway areas.

Escobar apparently was covering today's events when she was illegally stopped, beaten, inappropriately touched (sexually assaulted), searched and taken into custody by Mexico, D.F. police, according to Rogelio Velázquez, a reporter for La Revista Contralinea. Velázquez accompanied Escobar at the time of her arrest and witnessed her assault and detention. She was then forced into a police squad number 7539, Velázquez said. 

Another reporter, Tania Maldonado, from La Jornada says, a police officer struck her cellphone with a baton while recording Escobar getting assaulted and being taken into custody.

Escobar was taken to the Territorial Coordination Processing Center in Miguel Hidalgo Number 1. A judge will determine, if police have enough evidence that Escobar committed an illegal act while reporting.

A member for the Federal District Human Rights Commission accompanied Escobar during her arrest, Somos el Medio dot org. reported.

Undocumented Inmate Bites Penis And Fatally Strangled McNaughton To Remain In U.S.

Roberto Venegas Fernández and Michael Patrick McNaughton

Fernández an undocumented inmate didn't want to be deported, so he killed a cellmate to remain in a U.S. prison.

By H. Nelson Goodson

December 1, 2013

Florence, Arizona - Roberto Venegas Fernández, 43, a Mexican national is facing a felony charged for first-degree intentional murder for the November 16, brutal homicide of his cellmate, Michael Patrick McNaughton, 55, of San Diego, CA at the Florence Correctional Center run by the Corrections Corporation of America, a private prison contracted by the U.S. Marshals Service in Arizona to hold federal prisoners. Fernández admitted to Pinal County Sheriff's Office investigators of fatally choking, stomping on the victim's head and taking a bite at McNaughton's penis to make sure he would be charged with murder.

Fernández told homicide investigators that he killed McNaughton, so he could remain in a U.S. prison instead of getting deported back to Mexico. He was about to be release from custody after serving eight years and had a fear of being deported back to Mexico.

Fernández was convicted of reentering the U.S., a sex related charge and sentenced to eight years in prison. He was deported from the U.S. on January 26, 1989.

McNaughton was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison after being convicted for having child pornography images in his home computer. McNaughton pleaded guilty to the pornography charges, according to court records.

The U.S. Marshals Service transported both Fernández and McNaughton to the private prison a day before the murder. They were awaiting transfer to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons system.