Juan Miguel Martinez, Candidate For Milwaukee County Supervisor In District 12 Admitted In An Interview With Mr. Nice Guy in 2021 That At Age 20, He And Other Accomplices Assaulted A Police Officer In Mexico And Took His Badge

Martinez, Milwaukee County Supervisor candidate for the District 12 admitted during a 2021 interview that he and three other accomplices assaulted a police officer in Mexico and took his badge.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 29, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Juan Miguel Martinez, a candidate for Milwaukee County District 12 Supervisor admitted during a April 9, 2021 interview with Mr. Nice Guy host Ben Slowey that he and three other friends jumped a cop in Mexico City in 2004 or 2005 and took his badge. (Video link: https://youtu.be/FqS2hXL2dB8, minute 21:55) 

One of Martinez's accomplices of an alleged assault of a Mexican cop apparently wore the stolen badge on his shirt all night while at a Mexican bar, according to Martinez own admission. He also stated that he was not proud of what happened since he got involved with the wrong crowd at the time. Martinez was 20 at the time of the incident in Mexico.

Martinez didn't elaborate other details about the assault of a Mexican police officer in Mexico City. Martinez returned to the U.S. in 2007, according to the Mr. Nice Guy interview.

Martinez is a known Milwaukee union organizer and writing contributor for the Shepherd Express Magazine and the Milwaukee local El Conquistador Newspaper.

Voces de la Frontera Action, Citizen Action of Wisconsin Southeastern Co-op, Milwaukee Democratic Socialists of America, Wisconsin Working Families and Milwaukee County Supervisor Ryan Clancy have endorsed Martinez.

Three other candidates for Milwaukee County 12th District Supervisor are also on the February 15, 2022 Primary Election ballot. They are Christian Saldivar, Rosie King and former State Assembly Representative Josh Zepnick. The two highest Primary Election vote getters will face off on the April 15, 2022 General Election in Milwaukee County.

Editor's note:

Walter Garron, the Commander of the Brown Berets in Wisconsin posted the following statement on Juan Miguel Martinez, a former Brown Berets member who wanted to target El Supermercado El Rey and El Conquistador Newspaper. Garron says that the Brown Berets in Wisconsin didn't support or backed Martinez and two other former members in his attempt to attack both El Rey and El Conquistador at the time. Both El Rey and El Conquistador Newspaper have helped and supported the Latino community on many occasions including issues affecting the community, according to Garron.

When contacted by Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) about Garron's Facebook post statement, Martinez told HNNUSA that he wasn't going to make a statement on the allegations.