36-year-old Kevin Ivan López, Co-owner Of Judy's Cantina Mexican Restaurant Charged With 1st-degree Child Sexual Assault-Intercourse With A Person Under 16 And Sexual Assault Of Unconscious Victim In Milwaukee

López posted in social media that he will surrender to police and face charges.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 1, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On early Tuesday, Kevin Ivan López, 36, the co-owner of Judy's Cantina, a Mexican Restaurant at the 2100 block of N. Farwell Ave., and Doña Judy's taco truck posted on social media that he will turn himself in to police and face charges for 1st-degree child sexual assault - intercourse with a person under 16 and sexual assault of a unconscious victim. A criminal complaint was filed against López on March 28, 2025. Also felony warrant was issued for López on March 29.

López is originally from Mexico City, Mexico.

If convicted, López is facing up to 60 years in prison for 1st-degree child sexual under 16 and up to 40 years in prison and up to $100K in fines, or both for sexual assault of a unconscious victim.

López posted on early Tuesday in his social media (Facebook) account, "By now there's been a lot circulating in regards to what I'm being accused of, I hope anyone who has ever known me can look back and think about the person they've known me to be and have always been and can see how things dont align. As I turn myself in to deal with this head on I hope that the truth comes to light and the system works the way it's intended to. I'm not posting this for sympathy, but for context."

According to the criminal complaint, on the early hours of March 24, 2025, López along with three other individuals after meeting at Judy's Cantina left the restaurant after closing to pickup a 14-year-old girl, and later returned to the closed restaurant and dranked to 4:00 a.m., then they left to an apartment where the 24-year-old female and the 14-year-old girl fell asleep in a bed. The young girl was awaken when she noticed that her 24-year-old sister who was unconscious was being sexually assaulted by López, and he also took photos of her naked with his cellphone. The girl also told police that López then sexually assaulted her while grabbing her arms and held her hands above her head. She told López to stop, but he wouldn't stop, according to the complaint. 

Afterwards, the 24-year-old woman woke up, and her young sister told her what had occurred, and that she did not want to do it with López, but it happened. Both sisters went to the hospital to get medical treatment and to get sexual assault exams.

Latina Among 24 Homicides Reported In 2025 In The City Of Milwaukee, In 2024, 17 Hispanics Were Murdered, In 2023, 26 Hispanics Were Murdered, While 7 Latinos Committed Suicide

Latina among 24 homicides reported from January thru March in Milwaukee this year.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

March 30, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - At least one Latina has been reported murdered in Milwaukee since January in connection with a fatal shooting. On January 22, 2025, Jocelyn Jimenez, 22, of Milwaukee was fatally shot at the 3900 block of W. Cheyenne Ave., including her parents ages 56 and 54, who both survived. Jimenez's brother has been charged in the homicide and attempted homicides,  according to Milwaukee County court records.

Jimenez's brother, Gerardo Jimenez-Rico, 32, confessed to police that he shot his sister and both his parents for being bullied for years. 

Jimenez-Rico was criminally charged with 1st-degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse inflicting pain, and two counts for attempted 1st-degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse inflicting pain.

If convicted, Jimenez-Rico is facing life in prison without the possibility of parole for 1st-degree intentional homicide and up to life in prison without the possibility of parole for each count of attempted 1st-degree intentional homicide. 

A cash bond of $1M was set for Jimenez-Rico, according to Milwaukee County court records.

Jimenez is survived by her 3-year-old daughter.

Other deaths and homicide stats:

In 2024, 17 Hispanics were murdered in Milwaukee, while in 2023, 26 Hispanics were reported murdered, and 7 male Hispanics committed suicide, according to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office.

• There were 134 homicides in 2024, that included 17 Hispanics, 13 males and 4 females, according to Milwaukee police. http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/01/17-hispanics-murdered-in-2024-13-males.html

• 107 Suicides Reported In 2023 By The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office, Highest Suicide Rate Committed By Whites 71%, Blacks 18.6% And Hispanics 6.5% http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2024/01/107-suicides-reported-in-2023-by.html

• In 2023, 26 Hispanics Were Among 183 Reported Homicides In The City Of Milwaukee http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-2023-26-hispanics-were-among-183.html

Jose Serrano, Owner Of Evolución Latina Dance Company In Chicago, Resigned After Dancer Claire Rebecca From Minneapolis Alleged Abused Behavior, Coerce Sexual Encounter Leading To Suicidal Tendencies

Serrano recently resigned as the owner of Evolución Latina Dance Company In Chicago shortly after a dancer from Minneapolis posted in her Facebook account in three parts that she had experienced abuse, coerce sexual encounters that led to suicidal tendencies.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

March 27, 2025

Chicago, Illinois - On Saturday, the Evolución Latina Dance Company in Chicago announced that Jose Serrano, its owner had resigned from the company after Claire Rebecca, a popular dancer from Minneapolis, Minnesota posted on her Facebook (FB) account in three part posts that she had been abused, coerce to have sexual encounters with Serrano leading to suicidal tendencies. 

Rebecca's FB post: part 1 of 3, https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AHQRCu2z6/; part 2 of 3, https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GVJMuZP37/, and part 3, https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1QJTZg4EK3/

Serrano has not released a statement in regards to Rebecca's allegations. Rebecca on part 1 wrote, "I was abused and groomed by Jose Serrano. Over a period of years...I joined Evolución Latina Minneapolis and eventually became the first captain...Soon he controlled my personal and financial decisions as well." Serrano is married, but apparently coerced Rebecca to have sexual encounters with him periodically.

On FB part 2, Serrano began to frequently contact her and to flirt with her, and he told her that his wife could never know. "Eventually, he coerced me into sleeping with him and then told me I could never tell anyone, even my future husband," Rebecca wrote.

She says that he would abuse her to the point of having "severe suicidal thoughts and almost acted on them. If my mother hadn't called I don't know if I'd be here today."

Rebecca also claimed, that during time with Evolución, she was sexually assaulted by Douglas Ortiz, Serrano's best friend.

She finally escaped from Serrano's frequent abuse by leaving the dance company.

Rebecca's FB posts has drawn hundreds of comments including that she is another victim of sexual assault in the Latin Dance Community.

Also, James Carlson, President & CEO Of Premier Latino Events LLC from Saint Paul, Minnesota on Friday confirmed that his dance company "will no longer host, collaborate with, or engage in any partnership with ELDC or it's affiliates Evolución Latina Minneapolis, as long as the organization remains under the leadership of Jose Serrano." The local ELDC will be provided guidance to the leadership and dancers as they navigate their transition away from Serrano, according to Carlson.

The Chicago Salsa & Bachata Festival 2025 (CSBF - Island Touch Events) has also announced that they have decided to disassociate themselves from Serrano and Ortiz for the upcoming CSBF event in April 2025. CSBF statements regarding Jose Serrano and Douglas Ortiz https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AHTD6S8os/ & regarding  Marcos Ramos-Garcia https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1YQEB8ac5G/ & CSBF video response to current concerns and allegations raised https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DVNfhtUBm/

According to a FB post by Zumba Alegre, the CSBF is not doing enough for the victims of abuse behavior by a predator cesspool. Alegre says that Marcos Ramos-Garcia, aka, DJ BachaTito, the registered agent for Lucky 7 Promotions LLC from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the co-organizer of the CSBF "has been called by women for inappropriate advances" and has been ignored by CSBF organizers. The CSBF holds events in Chicago, but none of the organizers are from Chicago, Alegre alleged.

On Wednesday, the Denver Salsa Bachata Zouk/Kizomba Congress announced that it had terminated its contract and association with Zeke Ruvalcaba and Marcos Ramos-Garcia for the current convention and all future events in light of the recently surfaced allegations of sexual harassment, effective immediately. (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1B4uZQ4P7j/)

Kevin Avila on Wednesday,  in his FB account wrote that Ruvalcaba allegedly sexually assaulted two individuals in 2022, and yet CSBF continued to employ him. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1KasQD4HYh/

Marcos Eduardo Raygoza posted his alleged sexual assault by Zeke Ruvalcaba at the CSBF in 2022 when he was 18 at the following Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHmhkRWuqhF/?igsh=cWNnNDJvamU4eWN4

Also, that CSBF had known for the last two years that Ramos-Garcia had been accused of alleged sexual misconduct, and Ramos-Garcia had filed a civil lawsuit in Milwaukee County against a female defendant for making the allegation, but Ramos-Garcia later dropped the lawsuit in February 2024.

The following FB post comment allegation was made by Lysandraliz Santos (Ramos-Garcia's ex-girlfriend) in Rebecca's 3 part in the comment thread section four days ago.

"I went through the same thing…..it started when I was 17 and finished at 21. Do they still hire him as a DJ and to teach yes! Do people know he’s a predator probably yes! My abuser is Marcos Ramos Garcia. He tried suing my friend because she exposed the truth. And he pulled out the case because he couldn’t prove himself innocent. STOP SUPPORTING THESE MANIPULATIVE RAPIST AS HEADLINERS."

Ramos-Garcia has never been charged for sexual assault or sexual misconduct in Wisconsin or Illinois.

The Re Ba Dance Company on Wednesday announced that it was redrawing participation at the CSBF 2025 due to recent allegations of abuse and sexual misconduct involving Serrano, Ruvalcaba, Ortiz, Ramos-Garcia and Rudi Lopez. (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1LnhaEnRMR/)

Those individuals named above have not made any public statements regarding the allegations against them.

Rebecca's claim of experiencing abuse behavior by Serrano, including coerce sexual encounters leading to suicidal tendencies has brought attention to the alleged acts by some so called predators (individuals) that prey on unsuspecting and vulnerable victims attracted to the Latin dance community in the tri-states of Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Editor's note: It seems that Rebecca's three part Facebook post has opened the Pandora Box in the Latin dance community.

Joseph Cuervo also posted in the comment thread in Rebecca's part 3 that Luis Loredo from Dallas, Texas was outed by Victoria Peña (also a victim of abuse) who allegedly exposed another FB post dated February 18, 2023 by Xavier Haskin, which wrote that Loredo had at least 16 women (victims) who alleged that Loredo either assaulted, sexually assaulted or experienced sexual harassment from him, including  Alicia Lore who made her story public in social media. (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16118VBF26/)

Another alleged coercive sexual abuse incident, Felipe Martinez posted on Rebecca's 3 part FB post comments, a FB post link by Madison Gutierrez dated March 11, 2020 regarding a dance instructor named Gabriel Romero at Allegro from the San Francisco Bay area in California who had allegedly impregnated one of his student team dancers and had her get an abortion while he was having another sexual relationship at the time with another dancer from the same dance team. Both student dancers (victims) came forward and identified themselves in the comment thread and confirmed what had happened. (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16LdXCB58v/)

Andres Meneses, the CEO from Latin Street Music & Dancing announced that Serrano "will no longer rent studios at Latin Music" in Chicago. (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AGKxPbQ3Q/)

On March 29, 2025, a letter of Cease and Desist Demand for Defamation Against M&A DanceLab Studio and Alejandro Awuro was sent to Douglas Ortiz, aka, DJ Dougy Fresh of Miami Dance District who has been making false allegations against Awuro, if Ortiz fails to stop, a lawsuit will be filed against him by Awuro. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19S9V8XVnY/

Latino Activist, Civil Rights, Voting Rights And Immigration Attorney Narciso L. Aleman Passed Away In Milwaukee

Aleman, at a young age was a migrant farmworker who later became an attorney that advocated for Civil Rights, Voting Rights and helped address immigration issues in the Latino community.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

March 25, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Sunday evening, March 16, 2025, Narciso L. Aleman, 78, passed away at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, according to an obituary posted by Cremation Society of Milwaukee. The obituary says, that Aleman died after a series of illnesses and complications resulting from diabetes and heart disease. Born November 25, 1946, in Edcouch, Texas, Aleman was one of nine children born to Alfredo and Teresa Aleman.

Raised as a migrant farmworker, Aleman came of age during the Chicano Movement that activated many U.S.-born Mexicans and their allies. Over the course of his life, he was involved with the social justice movement across the country, participating in the work of the Crusade for Justice in Denver, Colorado, the National La Raza Unida Party, the Texas Farmworker's Union, the Student Non-Violent Organizing Committee, United Bronx Parents, the Latin American Union for Civil Rights and Esperanza Unida, both in Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Migrant Council, and the National Council of La Raza.

Aleman was an activist and a scholar dedicated to lifelong learning. He helped form and was the President of the first Chicano college in the nation, Colegio Jacinto Trevino in Mercedes, Texas. He received a master's degree in education from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where Professor Thomas J. Porter mentored him. He went on to earn a Law Degree (1983) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph.D. (1994) in Educational Policy and Administration from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, with combined studies at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

Dedicated to both law and education, Aleman was actively engaged in both disciplines throughout his adult life. In private practice he focused on issues from redistricting and voting rights, to civil rights complaints, and immigration. He and Attorney Richard "Rick" Congdon of Waukesha filed the 1984 redistricting case Vincent K. Knox, Juan Mireles, et.al v. Milwaukee County Board of Elections Commissioners, representing the plaintiffs who challenged the County's redrawn voting maps on the grounds they severely limited the opportunity for representation by African Americans and Latinos on the Milwaukee County Board. As a result of the lawsuit, the County redrew the maps.

Later he would serve Milwaukee County as an assistant district attorney and eventually established his own immigration law practice.

After becoming engaged in restorative justice theory and practice, Aleman served as a mediator for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction through Marquette University, handling special education mediations, under the direction of Professor Eva Soeka. He also served as a mediator in clergy abuse cases between the victims of priest abuse and Milwaukee Archdiocese, as part of the Marquette University Restorative Justice Program.

As an educator, Aleman worked with countless numbers of students across the country, teaching at the University of Utah-Salt Lake City, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Arizona State University-Tempe, and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. While living in the D.C. area and working with the Arnulfo Chapa Immigration Law Office, he taught at the Montgomery County Vocational College, and the Virginia Technical College.

Aleman retired from legal practice in 2018 as the Senior Attorney for Casa Las Americas Immigration Solutions in Pharr, Texas, which he operated with assistance from Tila Luna, his immensely talented office manager.

Aleman will be greatly missed in Milwaukee including Wisconsin and Texas. 

Funeral services will be private, as requested by Aleman.

Narciso Aleman interview on June 29, 2015 in Texas, multiple video clips at link: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth836687/m1/

40-year-old Reinaldo Melendez Charged With Repeated Sexual Assault Of A Child For At Least 4 years, Since The Child Was 6, Between 2019 Thru 2023

Melendez's repeated sexual assault of the child began at 6 years old when he began to take the liberty to touch her inappropriately.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

March 24, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On March 8, 2024, Reinaldo Melendez, 40, was criminally charged with one felony count of repeated sexual assault of a child (3 or more violations of 1st-degree sexual assault) between March 6, 2019 thru August 3, 2023 (4 years), according to the Milwaukee County criminal complaint.

If convicted, Melendez could be facing up to 60 years in prison. Cash bail for Melendez was set at $15,000, according to court records.

Melendez is scheduled for a Milwaukee County jury trial on May 19, 2025 at the Safety Building room 620.

According to the criminal complaint, Melendez who is the stepfather of the female child victim began to inappropriately touch her at the age of 6, immediately after meeting her mother, and would come into her bedroom at night to sexually assault her. The sexual assault incidents occurred daily during the above mentioned time period when no one was at home or everyone was sleeping. The child victim described to police that Melendez would leave hand marks on her wrists when he would hold her down to sexually assault her. The door knobs to her bedroom were removed, but Melendez would still get into her bedroom to sexually assault her, according to the criminal complaint.

The child victim's mother left to Puerto Rico and left the child with her biological father who later discovered that his daughter had been sexually molested by Melendez.

The biological father also learned that her mother knew about the repeated sexual assaults of the child victim for 4 years, but didn't report it to police.

On October 4, 2023, Melendez was sentenced to 9 months at the Community Reintegration Center (formerly the Milwaukee County House of Corrections), but the sentenced was stayed and placed on probation for 18 months. He was convicted for one felony count of fleeing or eluding an officer.

Elon Musk Offers $100 For Wisconsin Voters That Sign Petition Opposing Activist Judges, Sounds Like Waukesha County Republican Activist State Supreme Court Candidate Brad Schimel Is Also Targeted

The American PAC dot org funded by Musk is offering $100 to Wisconsin voters to oppose activist judges, which also includes Republican and Conservative activist judges who legislate from the bench in Waukesha County and don't abide by WI Court of Appeals rulings and don't follow the state laws regarding domestic abuse divorce cases involving children.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

Match 22, 2025

Wisconsin - Elon Musk is offering $100 for Wisconsin voters to sign a petition by the American PAC dot org funded by Musk opposing activist judges, does that mean Musk also opposes Republican and Conservative activist judges too, who legislate from the bench, especially from the Waukesha County family court that don't abide by WI Court of Appeals rulings and don't follow the law?

Example: The Julie Valadez v. Ricardo Valadez divorce case in Waukesha County  http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2023/02/frivolous-felony-charges-and-warrant.html

The Musk/American PAC dot org petition says, Judges should interpret laws as written, not rewrite them to fit their personal or political agendas.

By signing below, I'm rejecting the actions of activist judges who impose their own views and demanding a judiciary that respects its role—interpreting, not legislating. Judges should interpret laws as written, not rewrite them to fit their personal or political agendas, says the Musk/American PAC petition.

To be fair, it allegedly sounds like Waukesha County Republican activist State Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel Is also targeted by the Musk/American PAC.

2,000 USICE, FBI, U.S. Marshals, USDHS, USATF And USDEA Agents Assigned For Massive Immigration Enforcement In Wisconsin For The Next 4 Months

A Facebook post shared more than 1,000 times in Wisconsin indicates that certain state legislators met last week in Madison before the Spring recess to discuss an upcoming massive immigration enforcement operation targeting the state.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

March 21, 2025

Madison, Wisconsin - On Friday, Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) learned that Tracy Xiong from Madison posted in her Facebook account that multiple Wisconsin state legislators had met last week in Madison to discuss an upcoming massive Trump MAGA (Make Amerikkka Great Again) immigration enforcement operation targeting the state involving at least 2,000 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) agents including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USATF and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (USDEA) federal agents conducting ongoing operations for at least 4 months, according to Xiong. 

HNNUSA reviewed local Milwaukee Southside Wisconsin State Assembly members and state senator's social media accounts, but none had anything posted in regards to the upcoming massive MAGA USICE immigration enforcement operation in the state.

HNNUSA attempted to contact Xiong via messenger, but have received no response before publishing article. Xiong did write in her post that she would update the immigration enforcement operation as more information becomes available.

So far, Wisconsin has been spared by the Trump MAGA administration in regards to conducting USICE operations to arrest and detain undocumented immigrants in the state.

There are more than 70,000 undocumented immigrants in Wisconsin, and 47,000 are employed in manufacturing, agriculture, construction, and also operate their own local businesses and restaurants.

Nearly 56,000 U.S. citizens in Wisconsin live with at least one family member who is undocumented. Undocumented immigrants contribute more than $157M in federal taxes and up to $101M in state and local taxes, according to the American Immigration Council.