Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Joseph "Joe" R. Sosa Sr., Popular Tejano Singer From Milwaukee Passed Away In San Antonio

Sosa Sr. performed along with local conjunto and Tejano style groups at community dance events, family parties, outdoor festivals and at local social nightclub dances in Milwaukee during the late 1960's to 1970's, which contributed to the Tejano (Tex-Mex) style music venue culture in the Milwaukee area.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 30, 2023

San Antonio, Texas - On Tuesday, Joseph "Joe" Sosa Sr., 77, originally from Corpus, Texas passed away in San Antonio peacefully surrounded by family members and his loving wife, Anna Sosa. Sosa Sr., as a lead vocalist enjoyed to sing Tejano venue songs along with local Tejano style conjuntos (set groups) in the City of Milwaukee Southside where the predominately Latino community resides and other bands in Wisconsin in the late 1960's to the 1970's.

Sosa Sr. is survived by his wife Anna Sosa and son Joseph Sosa Jr. and daughters Mary Saldana, Sylvia Sosa and Verónica Sosa including grandchildren and family.

Anna Sosa released the following information about her beloved husband. The groups that Joe played with were The Lone Star Band, Groupo Respecto, Los Navegantes, Los Halcones, Beto Salinas y sus Jalapeños, Sammy Avila y Los Latinos, The New Generation, Texas Connection, and many more.  

He played in many weddings, anniversaries, quinceñeras, and clubs in Milwaukee and throughout the Midwest.

He was born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1945, and he moved to Milwaukee in 1967. He retired in 2010 from the Milwaukee County Human Services Department. He also served as the Vice-Preseident/Chief Steward of AFSCME Local 594. He retired in San Antonio, Texas in 2011.

He was married for 59 years. Has 3 daughters, 1 son, 11 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. He will be remembered for his laughter, love of music and family as well as his beautiful singing voice.

Monday, May 29, 2023

Kathryn Alamea-Xian From Protective Makua Released From CBSA Immigration Custody After Delavan Police Department Discovery Supplement Charging Reports From Walworth County Deemed Fraudulent

Alamea-Xian who has been held in immigration custody since April 21, was released after a Canada Border Services Agency hearing found that the Delavan Police Department discovery supplement documents that included allegations of human trafficking, organized crime, kidnap minor to sexually assault were deemed fraudulent and lacked credible evidence. 

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 29, 2023
Updated

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada - On Monday, Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) confirmed that Kathryn Alamea-Xian, 50, the Protective Makua Interim Executive Director who had been held in an immigration hold in Surrey, Canada since April 21 has been ordered released after a hearing of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) found that her detention had been prolonged without any justification. Alamea-Xian was detained by the CBSA after the Delavan Police Department Detective Trevor G. Hinman and Attorney Molly Jasmer, the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) in the Julie Valadez v. Ricardo Valadez divorce case in Waukesha County in Wisconsin alleged that Alamea-Xian had conspired with others to abduct Julie's son, E.B.V. age 15 in January 10, 2023 in Walworth County.

By January 25, Det. Hinman and other law enforcement officers including the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Wisconsin as well at Attorney Jasmer, GAL and Ricardo Valadez already knew that E.B.V. had ran away on his own accord on January 10, because he didn't want to return to his father and was not kidnapped as led to believe, which Det. Hinman continued to alleged in his police supplement reports against Alamea-Xian dated March 1, 2023 and Julie Valadez dated February 1, 2023 and was reviewed by Lt. James E. Berlin (Alamea-Xian report) and Assistant Police Chief James R. Bilskey reviewed Julie Valadez's police charging report by Hinman in order to get Alamea-Xian and Julie extradited to Wisconsin from Canada. Which the police supplement reports also implicates both Lt. Berlin and Assistant Police Chief Bilskey of knowing the charging documents were fraudulent because Alamea-Xian and Julie were never officially charged with kidnap minor to sexually assault, according to the fraudulent Delavan Police Department discovery supplement report documents sent to the CBSA.

E.V.B. was identified as Ethan Valadez, 15, by the Walworth County Scanner Facebook account on January 10, 2023 as the reported missing person.

The CBSA hearing found that the Delavan Police Department discovery police report released to the CBSA included documents that Det. Hinman created an alleged frivolous criminal charge against Alamea-Xian for kidnap minor to sexually assault, which included a booking number that seemed she was actually arrested in Delavan, in other words, in an attempt to indicate that Alamea-Xian conspired to engage in human trafficking and also that Protective Makua, who advocates for domestic abused victims and their children in family court was a criminal organization, which was false. Det. Hinman failed to submit in the Delavan Police Department discovery police supplement report to the CBSA of any actual proof that showed federal/state court records that Protective Makua had any history of criminal background, activity and was ever designated a criminal organization by the U.S. government. Also, HNNUSA found that the U.S. government and the U.S. Department of Justice has never designated Protective Makua, a non-profit organization from Honolulu, Hawaii as a criminal organization.

The Delavan Police Department and the CBSA investigation into Det. Hinman's alleged fraudulent police supplement report has cost millions of dollars to investigate.

Alamea-Xian filed a $75,000,000 (in damages) Civil Rights violation lawsuit against Attorney Molly Jasmer, Delavan Police Detective Trevor G. Hinman and other named defendants from Wisconsin in the U.S. District Court for the District Court of Hawaii on May 2023. https://tinyurl.com/37c5dbw3

Kathryn Alamea-Xian v. Molly Jasmer (1:23-cv-00211-JAO-WRP), the amended Motion For Leave To Amend And Supplement Pleading at link: https://tinyurl.com/36nyhsnv


Friday, May 26, 2023

Southside Cinco De Mayo Shooter, Deon D. Nabors, 17, Pleads Not Guilty And Second Shooter, A 22-year-old Man From Greenfield Won't Be Criminally Charged By Milwaukee County D.A.'s Office For Discharging Handgun

The Milwaukee County D.A.'s Office decided not to criminally charge a 22-year-old male suspect from Greenfield who was shot by a 33-year-old Milwaukee police officer after the suspect allegedly discharged his handgun in the air at the Cinco de Mayo Impromptu gathering at the 1200 block of S. 15 Pl near S. César E. Chávez Drive, according to Milwaukee police.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 26, 2023

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Thursday, Deon D. Nabers, 17, entered a not guilty plea and waived a preliminary hearing. Nabors was charged on May 10, 2023 with two felonies for 2nd-degree recklessly endangering safety including use of a dangerous weapon and for possession of a machine gun, and one misdemeanor count for possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18. A $5,000 cash bail was set for Nabors.

If convicted, Nabors is facing 10 years in prison and up to $25,000 in fines for endangering safety, and up to 6 years in prison for use of a machine gun and up to $10,000 in fines. He is also facing up to 9 months in jail and up to $10,000 in fines for possession of a weapon by a person under 18.

On May 5, 2023, Nabors discharged his handgun in the air around 11:00 p.m. at the 1200 block of S. César E. Chávez Drive in a crowed parking lot at El Charro Liquor store. A 40-year-old Milwaukee police officer ordered Nabors to stop, but Nabors with his handgun in his hoodie sweatshirt pocket continued to flee from the officer and was shot multiple times, according to several videos.

Police confirmed a handgun used by Nabors was recovered from the shooting scene at the 1200 block of S. Chávez Drive and the weapon had a Glock switch inatalled, which converts a semi-automatic handgun to an automatic firing weapon. The Wauwatosa Police Department investigated the shooting at the 1200 block of S. Chávez Drive and charged Nabors.

Also at another reported shooting around the same time at the 1200 block of S. 15 Pl where a 22-year-old male suspect from was shot by a 33-year-old Milwaukee police officer after the suspect allegedly discharged his handgun in the air and failed orders to drop the handgun. In this particular shooting case, the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office decided not to criminally charge the 22-year-old man, because he had a conceal carry permit and was exchanging gunfire with another suspect. The D.A. determined, the 22-year-old man from Greenfield fired his gun in self-defense, police reported in the recently released video. Police found spent cartridges from two different weapons at the scene.

The Milwaukee Area Investigative Team conducted the shooting investigation at the 1200 block of S. 15 Pl, according to Milwaukee police.

Milwaukee police released video footage  of several shootings at the 5 de Mayo 2023 impromptu gathering:

Videos of Cinco de Mayo 2023 shooting at link: https://tinyurl.com/4be7pdmz


Waukesha County Court Chief Judge Jennifer R. Dorow Including Milwaukee Attorney William Sulton Added As Defendants To The Kathryn Alamea-Xian v. Molly Jasmer Federal Civil Rights Act Complaint And Lawsuit In Hawaii Seeking $75M In Damages

The amended federal Civil Rights Act complaint/injunction (lawsuit) added multiple defendants making it a total of 34 defendants that includes 5 County judges including a chief judge and 2 judges from Waukesha County, and 2 judges from Walworth County in Wisconsin (WI), a Wisconsin Court of Appeals justice, 2 U.S. attorneys from WI, 5 WI attorneys, an FBI agent and at least 5 police officers that includes 4 (2 Dets., a Lt. and a police officer) from the Delavan Police Department and 1 police detective from the Waukesha Police Department.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 26, 2023

Honolulu, Hawaii - On Wednesday, an amended federal Civil Rights complaint and lawsuit case Kathryn Alamea-Xian v. Molly Jasmer (1:23-cv-00211-JAO-WRP) added an additional five defendants totaling at least 34 defendants (in connection to the Julie Valadez v. Ricardo Valadez divorce case in Waukesha County, WI), which is definitely a historic case to follow regarding alleged federal Civil Rights violations in the Waukesha County family divorce court proceedings involving Wisconsin law enforcement, judges, attorneys, a district attorney, FBI agent, U.S. attorneys in Wisconsin and others, especially when some of the named defendants are accused of engaging in intentional acts described in the federal court filing who wrongfully and fraudulently accused plaintiffs of having conspired to kidnapped (E.B.V. age 15) through force for the purpose of child trafficking, kidnapped minor for sexual assault and organized crime, which E.B.V. is the son of one the plaintiffs Julie Valadez. The amended lawsuit also claims at least $75,000,000 in damages and says that named defendants conspired to create a fraudulent national and international extradition procedure by defrauding the U.S. government and the Canadian federal government.

The federal Civil Rights lawsuit (complaint and injunction request) was first filed on May 12, 2023 at the U.S. District Court for the District Court of Hawaii by the following plaintiffs Kathryn Alamea-Xian; Julie C. Valadez; Susan Lim Liang; Protective Makua; Kimberlee Coronado; Jane Does 1-50 and John Does 1-50 against multiple defendants.

The 4 additional named defendants included in the May 24, 2023 amended filing are Waukesha County Court Chief Judge Jennifer R. Dorow; Milwaukee Attorney William Sulton; Walworth County Judge Phillip A. Koss; Paul L. Decker, the Chairperson of the Waukesha County Board of Supervisors and Dawn Jones.

The other previously named defendants also include Wisconsin Attorney Molly Jasmer (GAL - Guardian ad Litem); Katherine Jochman de Lorenzo (GAL); City of Delavan Police Detective Trevor G. Hinman; WI Attorney Kurt Schuster; Ricardo Valadez; Waukesha County Judge Ralph M. Ramirez; Waukesha County Judge Michael J. Abrahamian; Walworth County Judge Daniel S. Johnson; Waukesha Detective Shelly Fisher; Ricardo Valadez Sr.; Maria Valadez; City of Delavan Police Officer Brian Mair; City of Delavan Police Lt. Dave Markley; City of Delavan Police Detective Jennifer Michalek-Milligan; FBI Special Agent Erin Lucker; U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad in WI; U.S. Assistant Attorney Abbey M. Marzick in WI; Wisconsin Court of Appeals Justice Mark D. Gundrum; Attorney Kelly Nickels; James Murray; Shari D'Acquisto Director of Family Court Services; Monica Paz Clerk of Waukesha County Courts; Lindsey Anderson; Anthony Coronado; Robert Webster; Nancy Webster; WI Attorney Peter Wolff; Canadian Attorney Samuel J. Guindi; Walworth County Deputy District Attorney James Sempf; Jane Does 1-50 and John Does 1-50.

The amended court filing says that the, "Plaintiffs allege that Defendants acted independently and/or in conspiracy to commit perjury, perjuries, fraudulent reports, and injurious acts, thus wrongfully denying Plaintiffs' First Amendment right to free speech, their rights to assembly, their right to free association, and their right to legally and peacefully protest on political issues."

The Civil Rights lawsuit filing claims that law enforcement defendants from the City of Delavan engaged in an illegal search and unconstitutional acts violating the defendants rights and illegally seizing membership and supporters lists from Protective Makua and wrongfully labeling it a criminal organization, also engaged in the illegal search and seizure of the membership and supporters list from Wisconsin Women for Change, which law enforcement have irreparably harmed, intimidated and retaliated against the defendants.

That City of Delavan Police Detective Hinman intentionally filed a false new incident police report dated February 2, 2023 for Kidnapped Minor to Sexually Asslt against both Kathryn Alamea-Xian and Julie Valadez including an arrest booking number, which in fact both defendants were out of the country. Det. Hinman false police report was intentionally included in the Delavan Police Department discovery report sent to the Canada Border Services Agency to unlawfully help detain both Kathryn and Julie in Canada for the purpose to deport them on frivolous criminal charges for child sex trafficking.

Also that on January 25, 2023, Delavan Police Det. Hinman held a phone meeting with FBI Special Agent Blake Schubert, U.S. Assistant Attorney Abbey Marzick, which also included Delavan Police Lt. Markley and Delavan Police Det. Michalek-Milligan who all allegedly conspired to file an arrest warrant for Julie Valadez so, that it would be a "smoothing way" for the Canadian government to return Ethan Valadez, 15, to his abusive father Ricardo Valadez. Det. Hinman wanted the Walworth County District Attorney's Office to seal Julie's arrest warrant, according to his police report.

Ethan Valadez (E.B.V.) was identified by the Walworth County Scanner in a Facebook post as the person who went missing on January 10, 2023. Ricardo had confirmed to police that Ethan had ran away at least 5 times. Ethan wanted to stay with his mother, Julie. 

The federal court filing also claims that, "Def. Det. Hinman's (Delavan PD, Walworth County) and Def. Jasmer's (Waukesha County Court) fraudulent reports (of alleged kidnapping of E.B.V.) were submitted to the federal CBSA in order to act upon the fraudulent, extraditable, Walworth-based court warrant issued against Plaintiffs Xian and Julie Valadez, in violation the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, refugee rights (Immigration Refugee and Protection Act (IRPA), the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (Refugee Convention), and in violation of the U.S. Constitution and federal state laws supra and infra. 

"These fraudulent county police reports and extraditable warrants do not comport with each other. Nevertheless, CBSA acted as a law enforcement extension of the Delavan Police Department and upon the fraud committed by Def. Hinman and co-conspirators including but not limited to Def. Jasmer, Defendant Michalek-Milligan (Def. Michalek-Milligant), Defendant Markley (Def. Markley), Def. R. Valadez, Defendant Schuster, Defendant Gregory Haanstad (Def. Haanstad), Defendant Marzick (Def. Marzick), Defendant Lucker (Def. Lucker), Defendant Sempf (Def. Sempf), Def. Johnson, and Defendant Guindi (Def. Guindi). 

"The crimes alleged in the warrant in the fraudulent police reports occurred when neither Plaintiffs Xian and Julie Valadez were in the state. Plaintiff Xian has never been to Wisconsin. Plaintiff Julie Valadez has not left the country of Canada since she originally entered the country on July 21, 2022, nearly a year ago.

"In addition, Plaintiffs will prove that Defendants, in order to ensure Plaintiff Julie Valadez would never live freely and possess the same constitutional rights that Def. R. Valadez possesses as a father. Def. R. Valadez also hired a Canadian lawyer to ensure his right to live with E.B.V and right to control his son like property. E.B.V. is a "victim" who ran away to Canada because of Def. R. Valadez's continuing and psychological and physical abuse, so that he could live with his mother. On April 28, 2023, E.B.V. was unlawfully forced across the Canadian border against his will and adamant objection. Since then, E.B.V. has refused to return to his father and has been residing with Plaintiff Julie Valadez's parents, Defendants Robert Webster and Nancy Webster. 

"Canadian officials withdrew E.B.V. 's claim for refugee status without his consent or knowledge in violation of the Canadian constitution. In Canada, E.B.V. as a 15-year-old, has the right to oppose his forcible removal from his safe parent, Plaintiff Julie Valadez, as well as the right to an attorney, and the right to be heard in any proceeding involving him. However, certain named Defendants conspired to deprive him of these rights in violation of both Canadian and U.S. law. 

"In February, E.B.V. was found to be competent and mature enough understand his situation and give informed consent, as well as to make his own life decisions. This doctor also recommended that E.B.V. should not be returned to his father, as the doctor determined that his diagnosed P.T.S.D. was attributed to his father's past abuse. After E.B.V. 's wrongful removal from Canada, he continued to object to returned to his father, Def. R. Valadez, and has been placed with his mother's parents since he was forced out of the country unlawfully on April 28, 2023 while his mother, Plaintiff Julie Valadez was in detention and unable to communicate with him. Defendants R. Webster and N. Webster have refused Plaintiff Julie Valadez's right to communicate with her son against her son's wishes and have deprived them both of their right to intimate association and custody by refusing all contact with their own daughter. Def. R. Webster and N. Webster have also deprived Plaintiff Julie Valadez of her right to court-ordered family therapy for domestic abuse of Def. R. Valadez's as required in the final custody and placement order in order to comply and conspire with the goal of forcing E.B.V. against his will into harmful "Reunification Therapy." See Exhibit 6, Recommended Treatments for "Parental Alienation Syndrome" (PAS) May Cause Children Foreseeable and Lasting Psychological Harm."

The plaintiffs seek relief and an injunction from the federal court. Plaintiffs request compensatory and punitive damages in the amount of $75 million dollars. Plaintiffs also request for injunctive relief in the best interests of justice. 

Plaintiff Kimberlee Coronado: the unjust criminal incarceration and lack of proper criminal procedure in the arrest of Coronado from March 15, 2023 until May 18, 2023. No arrest warrant was signed or filed and no search warrant was filed. Her time limit for a preliminary hearing was unjustly waived without her consent.

Since Det. Hinman's fraudulent report giving rise to Coronado's arrest and the unlawful Walworth criminal warrants for Plaintiffs Julie Valadez and Xian, and since the underlying matter is founded upon a civil issue of custody and placement that is currently on appeal with the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Plaintiffs ask the federal court to issue an emergency injunction enjoining the Walworth County Court from continuing any criminal proceeding against the plaintiffs without just cause, setting this aside until the disposition of the federal court determination of the plaintiff's complaint or the outcome of the Plaintiff Julie Valadez's Petition for Writ of Mandamus with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, filed on March 24, 2023. Plaintiffs ask this Court to restrain any and all further action by any defendants in this case that are based on the false and fraudulent assumption that Defendant-Judge Ramirez's hearing, which gave custody of Julie Valadez's children to Defendant R. Valadez, is valid and legal, rather than void and illegal.

The May 24, 2023, full 46-page U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii filing of the amended Motion For Leave To Amend And Supplement Pleading at link: https://tinyurl.com/36nyhsnv



Thursday, May 25, 2023

Cecilio Jóse Negrón Jr., 47, Milwaukee Local Latin Musician And Co-founder Percussionist/Vocalist Of De La Buena Band Passed Away

Negrón Jr., the co-founder percussionist/vocalist of De La Buena Band passed away in Milwaukee.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 25, 2023

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Thursday, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Cecilio "Babaceeloe" Jóse Negrón, 47, had passed away at around 9:11 a.m. at his home. The circumstances leading to his untimely death is unknown and an autopsy has been scheduled.

According to his family, Negrón Jr. had complained about having stomach aches and vomiting before his death, which is consistent with food poisoning symptoms.

Negrón Jr. was well known for his love of drums, Latin Jazz and Salsa music. He was the charismatic co-founder percussionist/vocalist for the band De La Buena and on occassion played the Guiro (serrated gourd and played by scraping a stick along its surface) and Bongos (one of a pair of small tuned drums, played by beating with the fingers) along side with his father Cecilio J. Negrón, 70, at local events, who is also a well known local percussionist with the band Caché MKE.

In April, both Negrón Jr. and the other co-founder pianist/arranger/band leader David Wake including band players from De La Buena celebrated 20 years of success in playing Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz in Wisconsin and the U.S.. (YouTube: https://youtu.be/oatjD74C83I)

Negrón Jr. also taught teens to play as percussionists (congas) at drumming work shops at the United Community Center (UCC).

According to Negrón Jr.'s bio personal website excerpt (cecilionegronjr dot com); At the age of five, Negrón Jr.  expounded on his studies of music, attending the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music where he learned Suzuki method on piano. As a student at Nathan Hale High School, Negrón Jr. studied in the school music program learning music theory and how to read music. He also learned to play drum-set and concert percussion, earning him top honors in solo and state competitions. 

Negrón Jr. began playing professionally by the age of 16, giving him the ability to apply what he was learning in school and gain first-hand experience. At the age of 21, he began his solo career, developing himself as a solo artist and educator. In 2000, Negrón Jr. started working with the Milwaukee Public Theatre, teaching arts residencies, drumming, and touring in several theatre productions. 

Since then, he was responsible for co-founding youth and adult performance ensembles and several bands that have been performing locally and abroad for over 15 years. He has taught thousands of Milwaukee youths of all ages in both public and private schools, as well as numerous organizations all over Wisconsin. He also helped to develop and create various curriculums used in different educational, recreational, and community organizations. As an educator, Negrón Jr. understood the importance of always remaining teachable and is a forever student, continuing his studies under world-renowned, master drummers, as well as attending educational drumming workshops locally, in Puerto Rico, and across the country. 

As a community drum facilitator, Negrón Jr. curated and managed his own multi-cultural musical ensembles, drumming workshops, drum circles, and many other varieties of community drumming. 

With his extensive repertoire as a performer throughout the United States, Europe, and Puerto Rico, Negrón Jr. commanded audiences everywhere he performed. His musical genius can be found with many successful local and national acts of a variety of genres, including co-founding Latin Jazz powerhouse De La Buena, his father's Salsa ensemble Caché MKE, leading his own project CNJ Latin Jazz, Nwa Na Agbe, Urbanites, Bahia, Kings Go Forth, the Paul Spencer Group, and One Drum. 

Negrón Jr. also performed drumming with La Tinta and Septeto Charambó. 

Negrón Jr. was also an accomplished studio recording artist with over 12 albums, he has had the pleasure to record on. As an avid music producer who has managed, Negrón Jr. consulted on and produced several projects. He thoroughly enjoyed the creative process of making original music and collaborating with other artists to ensure their talented vision and unique expressions were executed.

A Gofundme was created for Cecilio J. Negrón Jr.'s children at link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/cecilionegronjr



A celebration of the life of Cecilio J. Negrón Jr., 47, is scheduled for Sunday, June 18, 2023 at the McKinley Marina, 1700 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., according to family.

Time schedule at McKinley Marina from 1:00 p.m.  to  6:00 p.m.

Lineup:

• DJ Absolut

• Drum Circle

• Duo Experiencia 

• Bohemia

• Cache MKE

• United Community Center Mariachi Juvenil

• Gego y Nony

• Septeto Charambo

• Descarga Musical (Jam Session)


Update: The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office on November 14, 2023 determined that Cecilio J. Negron Jr. had died of natural causes citing cause of death "Acute Mayocardial Infarct" due to acute coronary artery thrombus and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Multiple Shootings With Injured Victims Reported In The South Of Milwaukee Over The Weekend In Mid May 2023

The latest shooting, a bullet struck the main entrance of the Milwaukee Court apartments, the shot came from across the street on S. 26 St., according to police.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 23, 2023

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Three shootings with victims reported in the Southside of Milwaukee over the weekend.

On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, multiple shots were reported around 11:02 a.m. near the 2600 block block of W. National Ave. in the Southside of Milwaukee. No gunshot injuries reported.

The Mitchell Court apartments main entrance at the 2600 block of W. National Ave. was struck by a bullet, which enter from the South and going through the double glass side and struck the indoor second double window glass pane. The bullet didn't penatrate the second glass pane and fell between the double glass pane.

Police Investigated the shooting incident at Mitchell Court apartments and want the public who has any information about any of the shootings mentioned to contact police at mpdnews@milwauee.gov or 414-935-7360.

On Monday night, May  22, 2023 at around 10:50 p.m. several shots were reported fired at the 2600 block of W. National Ave. in the Southside of Milwaukee. No gunshot injuries reported.

On Saturday, May 20, 2023, Milwaukee police responded around 11:34 p.m. to the 1400 block of W. Muskego Ave. and found a 17-year-old male victim shot. He was conveyed to a local hospital for non-fatal gunshot injury.

On Friday, May 19, 2023, Milwaukee police around 9:50p.m. responded to the 2500 block of S. 26 Street and found a 50-year-old male victim shot and was conveyed to a local hospital for treatment of non-fatal injuries.

On Friday, May 19, 2023, a male victim in his 50's was reported suffering from several  gunshot wounds around 9:55 p.m. at the 2500 block of W. National Ave. in the Southside of Milwaukee.

According to the shooting incident report, the victim was shot multiple times in the back and armpit just South of S. 26 Street by the alley from W. National Ave. where police recovered two spent bullet casings on S. 26 Street. After getting shot, the victim apparently ran to the McDonald's parking lot at S. 25 Street and W. National Ave. and dropped due to his injuries, according to police.

The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries.

Police continue with their ongoing shooting investigation and no suspect(s) have been arrested.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Walworth County Judge Daniel S. Johnson Lowers Cash Bond To $25K For Kimberlee Coronado Who Has Been Held On $100K Since March 2023 For Interfering With Child Custody Of Other Parent And Party To A Crime

Coronado's cash bond of $100,000 was reduced to $25,000 without any objection by the Walworth County District Attorney's Office.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 17, 2023

Elkhorn, Wisconsin - On Wednesday, Walworth County Judge Daniel S. Johnson lowered the required cash bond from $100,000 to $25,000 in the Kimberlee M. Coronado, 46, criminal case for interfering with the custody of another parent and party to a crime in the Ethan Valadez, 15, run away incident on January 10, 2023. Ethan decided to run away from his abusive father Ricardo Valadez and wanted placement with his mother, Julie Valadez in the Waukesha County divorce case Julie Valadez v. Ricardo Valadez.

Coronado was taken into custody without a warrant in Waukesha in mid March 2023 on connection with Ethan's run away incident.

Judge Johnson was recently named as a defendant in a federal Civil Rights lawsuit (complaint and injunction request) filed on May 12, 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the District Court of Hawaii. https://bit.ly/3OkaFFK

In the federal lawsuit, Coronado who is one of plaintiffs that include Julie Valadez, Katherine Alamea-Xian and others claimed that Coronado was held in confinement in Walworth County violating her 8th Ammendment right against cruel and unusual punistment with an excessive must pay cash bond of $100,000 since March.

Update:

On Thursday, May 18, 2023, Kimberlee Coronado, 46, from Waukesha made bail after getting a GPS ankle monitor and no longer at Walworth County jail.

Federal Civil Rights Complaint And Injunction Filed In The U.S. District Court For The District Court Of Hawaii Against Atty Molly Jasmer, Delavan Detective Trevor G. Hinman, Atty Kurt Schuster, Ricardo Valadez, Maria Valadez, Judge Ralph M. Ramirez, Waukesha Detective Shelly Fisher, Ricardo Valadez Sr., Delavan Police Officer Mair, FBI Special Agent Erin Lucker and U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad By Plaintiffs Kathryn Alamea-Xian, Julie C. Valadez, Susan Lim Liang, Protective Makua, Kimberlee Coronado, Jane Does 1-50 and John Does 1-50


A federal Civil Rights lawsuit was filed by Plaintiffs Kathryn Alamea-Xian, Julie C. Valadez, Susan Lim Liang, Protective Makua, Kimberlee Coronado, Jane Does 1-50 and John Does 1-50, according to the U.S. District Court for the District Court of Hawaii filing.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 17, 2023

Honolulu, Hawaii - A federal Civil Rights lawsuit (complaint and injunction request) was filed on May 12, 2023 at the U.S. District Court for the District Court of Hawaii by the following plaintiffs Kathryn Alamea-Xian; Julie C. Valadez; Susan Lim Liang; Protective Makua; Kimberlee Coronado; Jane Does 1-50 and John Does 1-50 against multiple defendants that includes Wisconsin Circuit Court judges from Walworth County and Waukesha County, an FBI special agent, multiple City of Delavan Police Department detective and police officers, a City of Waukesha Police Department detective, attorneys including several Guardian Ad Litems (attys) and other defendants. The federal Civil Rights lawsuit claims at least $15,000,000 in damages for the plaintiffs and seeks an injunction, a stay of the alleged illegal arrest warrants filed in Walworth County including alleged fraudulent criminal charges filed against Kathryn Alamea-Xian, Julie C. Valadez and Kimberlee Coronado, which no further action should be taken in Walworth County until this federal lawsuit is resolved. (https://dockets.justia.com/docket/hawaii/hidce/1:2023cv00211/165067)

In the May 16, 2023 amended filing of the multi-million federal Civil Rights lawsuit, the following defendants were named, Wisconsin (WI) Attorney Molly Jasmer (GAL - Guardian ad Litem); Katherine Jochman de Lorenzo (GAL); City of Delavan Police Detective Trevor G. Hinman; WI Attorney Kurt Schuster; Ricardo Valadez; Waukesha County Judge Ralph M. Ramirez; Waukesha County Judge Michael J. Abrahamian; Walworth County Judge Daniel S. Johnson; Waukesha Detective Shelly Fisher; Ricardo Valadez Sr.; Maria Valadez; City of Delavan Police Officer Brian Mair; City of Delavan Police Lt. Dave Markley; City of Delavan Police Detective Jennifer Michalek-Milligan; FBI Special Agent Erin Lucker; U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad in WI; U.S. Assistant Attorney Abbey M. Marzick in WI; Wisconsin Court of Appeals Justice Mark D. Gundrum; Kelly Nickels; James Murray; Shari Daquisto Director of Family Court Services; Monica Paz Clerk of Waukesha County Courts; Lindsey Anderson; Anthony Coronado; Robert Webster; Nancy Webster; WI Attorney Peter Wolff; Canadian Attorney Samuel J. Guindi; Walworth County Deputy District Attorney James Sempf; Jane Does 1-50 and John Does 1-50.

The federal complaint and injunction request filing claims that the law enforcement defendants from the City of Delavan engaged in an illegal search and unconstitutional acts violating the defendants rights and illegally seizing membership and supporters lists from Protective Makua and wrongfully labeling it a criminal organization, also engaged in the illegal search and seizure of the membership and supporters list from Wisconsin Women for Change, which law enforcement have irreparably harmed, intimidated and retaliated against the defendants.

That City of Delavan Police Detective Hinman intentionally filed a false new incident police report dated February 2, 2023 for Kidnapped Minor to Sexually Asslt against both Kathryn Alamea-Xian and Julie Valadez including an arrest booking number, which in fact both defendants were out of the country. Det. Hinman false police report was intentionally included in the Delavan Police Department discovery report sent to the Canada Border Services Agency to unlawfully help detain both Kathryn and Julie in Canada for the purpose to deport them on frivolous criminal charges for child sex trafficking.

Also that on January 25, 2023, Delavan Police Det. Hinman held a phone meeting with FBI Special Agent Blake Schubert, U.S. Assistant Attorney Abbey Marzick, which also included Delavan Police Lt. Markley and Delavan Police Det. Michalek-Milligan who all allegedly conspired to file an arrest warrant for Julie Valadez so, that it would be a "smoothing way" for the Canadian government to return Ethan Valadez, 15, to his abusive father Ricardo Valadez. Det. Hinman wanted the Walworth County District Attorney’s Office to seal the warrant, according to his police report. Ethan was identified by the Walworth County Scanner in a Facebook post as the person who went missing on January 10, 2023. Ricardo had confirmed to police that Ethan had ran away at least 5 times. According to Ethan, he wanted to be placed with his mother, Julie. 

On January 10, Ethan decided to run away after he learned that his grandparents on Ricardo's side were leaving to Mexico and he wouldn't have a place to stay because he did not want to return with his abusive father. Ethan allegedly had told his father and GAL Jasmer that he wanted to be placed with his mother, but was ignored by the GAL and Waukesha County family court Judge Ramirez.

A Writ of Petition of Mandamus was filed by Julie in March 2023 with the Wisconsin State Supreme Court claiming that Judge Ramirez illegally placed her 4 children with the abusive father and ordered Julie to be arrested for non-payment of child support when she was indigent. Ramirez also ordered for Julie to have restricted contact with Ethan.

Kimberlee Coronado was taken into custody by Delavan police in Waukesha without a warrant and a criminal complaint was later filed for interfering with the custody of another parent and party to crime. Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) requested the Walworth County Clerk of Courts for a copy of her affidavit arrest warrant, but the clerk of courts reported there was no arrest warrant affidavit filed with the court.

The federal Civil Rights complaint also claims that Coronado was illegally arrested on March 16, 2023 and held on a cash only bond of $100,000, which violates her 8th Ammendment protection right to prevent cruel and unusual punistment while confined.

The federal Civil Rights complaint also claimed that Ricardo Valadez has lied and had threatened to kill Julie, if she got involved with another person.

Julie was placed on home protection by a Wisconsin DOJ program for her safety and GAL Jasmer leaked out her address in a filed court document,  which Monica Paz, the Waukesha County Clerk of Courts publicly filed her address leading for Ricardo to learn where she was living at.

Paz also filed Julie's ADA accommodation on record (Waukesha County divorce case Julie Valadez v. Ricardo Valadez) against Julie’s instructions not too. Paz per policy and federal law is not allowed to publish ADA accommodation information as public as it is protected information under ADA law. 

 In July 2022, Julie left the U.S. and went to Canada and filed for refugee asylum.

Ethan when he ran away in January, he crossed into Canada to be with his mother where he applied for asylum too.

When Delavan Police Det. Hinman filed an arrested warrant for Julie in connection with Ethan's run away incident, Julie, Kathryn and Ethan were detained by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) since mid April. 

Ethan was provided a Canadian attorney by the CBSA and the attorney filed to remove Ethan's asylum application without his consent. Ethan was then forcibly and illegally removed from Canada by the CBSA, the federal Civil Rights complaint claims.


Tuesday, May 16, 2023

50-year-old Ruben Cardenas Jr., A Retired Milwaukee Cop Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Child Enticement-Sexual Contact Of A 13-year-old Girl

Cardenas Jr. back in court for a restitution hearing.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 16, 2023

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, Ruben Cardenas Jr., 50, a retired Milwaukee police officer is expected back in court for a restitution hearing. Cardenas Jr. pleaded guilty on March 16, 2023 and in a plea agreement, a felony charge for 2nd-degree sexual assault of a child was dismissed, but read on the record. Cardenas Jr. was sentenced to 8 years in prison with 5 years incarceration and 3 years of extended supervision. He is currently at the Dodge Correctional Institute in Waupun, Wisconsin.

Cardenas Jr. was convicted for sexually assaulting an 13-year-old girl while she slept. Cardenas Jr. and the mother of the girl were out for the evening and when they came back home, he went to the girls room and assaulted her. She immediately contacted a friend and her father including family members and told them that Cardenas Jr. had sexually assaulted her while she slept, but woke up when he penetrated her vagina with his finger.

According to criminal complaint, Cardenas Jr. walked into the 13-year-old girl's bedroom while she was sleeping in bed and proceeded to lower her shorts and underwear. Cardenas Jr. then penetrated her vagina with his finger and began to rub the outside of her vagina as well. She finched her body and immediately Cardenas Jr. removed his hand and exited the bedroom.

Cardenas Jr. was a 26-year and 5 months veteran with the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD). He started as a Milwaukee police officer on December 1995 and was assigned to the Milwaukee Police Department Southeastern Wisconsin Threat Analysis Center (MPD Intelligence Fusion Center) in June 2004. In 2011, Cardenas Jr. became a senior intelligence analyst and in March 2016, he became an intelligence officer at MPD.

City of Milwaukee Licenses Committee Anonymously Approved File# 220413 Food Mobile Peddler (Food Truck) Ordinance, It Now Goes Before The Public Safety And Health Committee

The City of Milwaukee Licenses Committee anonymously approved the proposed Food Peddler Vendor (food trucks) regulations for Type Zone 1, which includes most of the Milwaukee downtown and the Summerfest area, including the Type Zone 2, which includes Burnham Park, from S. 35 to S. 32 Streets along W. Burnham Street.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 16, 2023

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, the City of Milwaukee Licenses Committee anonymously approved the proposed File # 220413 City Ordinance Food Peddler (food trucks) regulations, which creates a downtown Type 1 zone that limits hours of operation by providing that a food peddler vehicle parked in that zone shall not be operated between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. and shall not be parked in the zone for more than six hours in a 12-hour period, and a Southside Type 2 zone that limits density by establishing the maximum number of food peddler vehicles that may be parked on a block face in that zone. In this zone, a number of food trucks with seniority will be allowed to park and sell food.

During the Licenses Committee hearing, testimony was given by Alderwoman Zamarripa and food truck vendors including residents about the density of food trucks at the corridor stretch along W. Burnham St., between S. 35 to S. 32 Streets in the Southside of Milwaukee. According to testimony, heavy traffic congestion was reported, at least nine food trucks are parked along the corridor stretch on the South and North sides of the street, which made it difficult for children, teenagers and the public to cross and at night, food trucks use highly lighted fixtures to light their parking area for public safety.

The last testimony to be given at the Licenses Committee hearing was Walter Garron, who is the current spokesperson for at least 17 food truck vendors and resides near the Burnham Park area, he told the Committee that one of the major issues along W. Burnham Street, which has become a public safety issue is that most pedestrians who cross W. Burnham are jaywalking. Pedestrians cross the street between food trucks. There are no designated flashing lighted cross walks for pedestrians to cross the street safely and there is no current designated reduced speed signs to be enforced when children are present, especially when Summer baseball tournaments occur.

One accident was reported at Burnham Park, which a City snow plow struck a food truck, according to Garron, who is also the Chairman of the Brown Barets of Wisconsin.

Most of the food truck vendors and business owners from N. Water Street that spoke in the Committee hearing say that they were in favor of the proposed ordinance.

The file # 220413 will now head to the Public Safety and Health Committee for approval, which meets on Thursday, May 18, 2024 at 9 a.m. in room 301-B at City Hall, 200 E. Wells Street in Milwaukee.

The new proposed mobile food peddler regulations was the result of Milwaukee Alderman Jonathan Brostoff, Alderwoman JoCasta Zamarripa and the Milwaukee Common Council ban of food trucks at N. Water Street in downtown Milwaukee. Alderman Brostoff decided to implement a month long food truck ban at N. Water Street without any public hearings or notices to the affected food truck vendors after receiving unidentified complaints of individuals urinating in public near food trucks between E. Knapp and E. Pleasant Streets along N. Water Street, food trucks spilling water and fluids on the street and parking by bus stops and no parking signs including cooking oil spillage at food truck stops and garbage left on sidewalks in garbage bags.

Alderman Brostoff never provided any documented formal complaints or health and police citations given to food vendors that were officially filed with the City for any type of violations along N. Water Street to justify a month long ban on Water Street. Also on Tuesday, during the Licenses Committee hearing Ald. Brostoff and Alderwoman Zamarripa didn't provide any formal documented cited complaints filed with the City as evidence to justify a temporary food truck ban ban on Water Street.

In the last five years, the Milwaukee Police Department haven't enforced the two hour parking limit for food trucks and other alleged violations in Milwaukee. The Department of Parking Enforcement weren't allowed to enforce any parking restrictions for food trucks, but with the passage of the File # 220413 Food Peddler ordinance, they will now be able to legally enforce food truck parking restrictions in the City.

Allegations are being raised that Ald. Brostoff's main intent for the food truck ban on Water Street was influenced by White owned and operated restaurants and bars near the Fiserv and N. Water Street in an attempt to limit access to people of color to gather in downtown Milwaukee after shootings and altercations had occurred near the Fiserv Forum arena outdoor major events.

Mayor Cavalier Johnson is in favor of the ordinance and supports the early morning hour restrictions that would prohibit food trucks to sell food after the stipulated zone times (from 1:00 a.m. in downtown and everywhere else in the City from 3:00 a.m. or 3:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.) on Type Zone 1 and 2.

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) released a statement in response to a newly proposed City of Milwaukee ordinance that will regulate food trucks in the city and downtown area.

WILL Deputy Counsel, Lucas Vebber, stated, “The City of Milwaukee’s Common Council is pushing new restrictions on small business owners across the city. This proposed ordinance—specifically targeting food trucks—limits hours of sale while allowing brick and mortar restaurants to stay open. The ordinance also creates the opportunity for special carve outs for the politically connected. WILL is proud to support small business owners opposing these anti-competitive restrictions. If this ordinance is enacted, we would consider all legal options to stop these anti-competitive restrictions.”

The proposed 220413 City ordinance full text at link: https://tinyurl.com/4raumpbs

These are the proposed food peddler regulations approved by the City of Milwaukee Licenses Committee:

1. Adds food peddler vehicle to the definition of a food establishment.

2. Adds mobile or transient retail food establishment to the definition of food peddler vehicle.

3. Provides that food peddler vehicles shall not be operated between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. Monday through Friday, or between 3:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

4. Creates two types of limited operation food peddler vehicle zones. A Type 1 zone limits time by providing that a food peddler vehicle parked in that zone shall not be operated between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. and shall not be parked in the zone for more than six hours in a 12-hour period.   A Type 2 zone limits density by providing that a certain number of food peddler vehicles may be parked on a block face in that zone.

5. Establishes the application process for food peddler vehicles seeking a parking space in a Type 2 limited operation food peddler vehicle zone.

6. Provides that the food peddler vehicle policy shall be reviewed annually.

7. Requires a food peddler vehicle operator to provide trash receptacles for patrons, and monitor and pick up litter at regular intervals during operations and when departing.

8. Prohibits a food peddler vehicle operator from creating a light nuisance.

9. Prohibits a food peddler vehicle operator from dumping any quantity of liquid waste.

10. Provides that a food peddler vehicle shall be subject to nuisance regulations.

11. Provides that any person selling food from a mobile or transient retail food establishment licensed by another municipality or the state is not exempt from obtaining a mobile seller's license.

12. Prohibits food peddler vehicles from parking within 50 feet of a restaurant without a drive-through facility, with the option to waive this restriction by council approval.

13.  Permits the Common Council to waive food peddler vehicle parking restrictions by motion.

14. Increases the minimum forfeiture for violating any provision relating to selling articles from parked vehicles from $5 to $50, and the maximum from $50 to $500, and in default of payment shall be imprisoned as provided by law.

15. Provides that the department of public works - parking enforcement may enforce the parking regulations governing food peddler vehicles.


Monday, May 15, 2023

Milwaukee's Puerto Rican Fest Set For August 20, 2023 At Veterans Park And Will Include Entry Fee For Its 10th Anniversary

The Puerto Rican Fest 2023 is scheduled for August 20 at Veterans Park in Milwaukee.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 15, 2023
Updated

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - The Puerto Rican Festival (PR Fest) in Milwaukee is scheduled to take place on Sunday, August 20, 2023, at Veterans Park. Tickets for the PR Fest go on sale by the mid June. 

This year, the PR Fest 2023 will celebrate its 10th Anniversary.

Some of the proceeds (profits) from this year's PR Fest will be donated to a school in Puerto Rico to help buy school athlete sports equipment and to help pay for other extra curricular activities, with the long intended goal to "rebuilt schools and provide more opportunities for children" in Puerto Rico, according to organizers.

Proposed Milwaukee Food Truck Ordinance File # 220413 Prohibits Sales After 1:00 A.M. In Downtown And Summerfest Area, Provides Fines Between $50 To $500 For Violations




The City of Milwaukee Licenses Committee is set to review and hear public comment on the proposed Food Peddler Vendor (food trucks) regulations for Type Zone 1 and 2, which includes most of the Milwaukee downtown and the Summerfest area.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 15, 2023

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, the City of Milwaukee Licenses Committee will hold a review and public hearing at 8:30 a.m. at City Hall room 301-B, 200 E. Wells Street in Milwaukee for the proposed File # 220413 City Ordinance Food Peddler (food trucks) regulations, which creates a Type 1 zone that limits hours of operation by providing that a food peddler vehicle parked in that zone shall not be operated between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. and shall not be parked in the zone for more than six hours in a 12-hour period, and a Type 2 zone that limits density by establishing the maximum number of food peddler vehicles that may be parked on a block face in that zone.

Also file # 220413 will then be heard by the Public Safety and Health Committee, which meets on Thursday, May 18 also at 9 a.m. in room 301-B of City Hall.

The new proposed mobile food peddler regulations was the result of Milwaukee Alderman Jonathan Brostoff, Alderwoman JoCasta Zamarripa and the Milwaukee Common Council ban of food trucks at N. Water Street in downtown Milwaukee. Alderman Brostoff decided to implement a month long food truck ban at N. Water Street without a public hearing or notices to the affected food truck vendors after receiving unidentified complaints of individuals urinating in public near food trucks between E. Knapp and E. Pleasant Streets along N. Water Street, food trucks spilling water and fluids on the street and parking by bus stops and no parking signs including cooking oil spillage at food truck stops and garbage left on sidewalks in garbage bags.

Allegations are being raised that Ald. Brostoff's main intent for the food truck ban was influenced by White owned and operated restaurants and bars near the Fiserv and N. Water Street in an attempt to limit access to people of color to gather in downtown Milwaukee after shootings and altercations had occurred near the Fiserv Forum arena outdoor major events.

The proposed 220413 City ordinance full text at link: https://tinyurl.com/4raumpbs

These are the proposed food peddler regulations:

1. Adds food peddler vehicle to the definition of a food establishment.

2. Adds mobile or transient retail food establishment to the definition of food peddler vehicle.

3. Provides that food peddler vehicles shall not be operated between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. Monday through Friday, or between 3:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

4. Creates two types of limited operation food peddler vehicle zones. A Type 1 zone limits time by providing that a food peddler vehicle parked in that zone shall not be operated between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. and shall not be parked in the zone for more than six hours in a 12-hour period.   A Type 2 zone limits density by providing that a certain number of food peddler vehicles may be parked on a block face in that zone.

5. Establishes the application process for food peddler vehicles seeking a parking space in a Type 2 limited operation food peddler vehicle zone.

6. Provides that the food peddler vehicle policy shall be reviewed annually.

7. Requires a food peddler vehicle operator to provide trash receptacles for patrons, and monitor and pick up litter at regular intervals during operations and when departing.

8. Prohibits a food peddler vehicle operator from creating a light nuisance.

9. Prohibits a food peddler vehicle operator from dumping any quantity of liquid waste.

10. Provides that a food peddler vehicle shall be subject to nuisance regulations.

11. Provides that any person selling food from a mobile or transient retail food establishment licensed by another municipality or the state is not exempt from obtaining a mobile seller's license.

12. Prohibits food peddler vehicles from parking within 50 feet of a restaurant without a drive-through facility, with the option to waive this restriction by council approval.

13.  Permits the Common Council to waive food peddler vehicle parking restrictions by motion.

14. Increases the minimum forfeiture for violating any provision relating to selling articles from parked vehicles from $5 to $50, and the maximum from $50 to $500, and in default of payment shall be imprisoned as provided by law.

15. Provides that the department of public works - parking enforcement may enforce the parking regulations governing food peddler vehicles.


Friday, May 12, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) Signs Immigration State Senate Bill 1718 Making It A Felony To Hire Or Aid Undocumented Workers, Effective July 1, 2023

DeSantis, a Trump MAGA supporter and the MAGA-GOP controlled State legislature just triggered Florida's economic road to bankruptcy with the HB 1617 and SB 1718 Immigration Bills, which makes it a State felony to hire undocumented workers, especially when a private employer has more than 25 employees.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 12, 2023

Florida - On May 10, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed State Senate Bill (SB1718/HB1617), which will take effect on July 1, 2023. The SB 1718/HB1617, will definitely cost Florida millions of dollars to enforce and it will definitely trigger a Florida economic tsunami title wave into a projected bankruptcy after July.

Reports that undocumented workers at construction sites and Florida produce field workers have left their jobs including other essential jobs. Florida is headed into an economic crisis this Summer, because it doesn't have enough legal status workers to replace most of the undocumented workers that have kept Florida economically afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addiction, legal status workers don't want to do the jobs that the undocumented essential workers do.

The HB 1617 Bill was passed by the State House on a vote of 83-36, on May 2, 2023 and State Senate on a vote of 27-10 passed the SB 1718 bill on April 28, 2023.

According to the Florida Policy dot org,  both bills, HB1617 and SB1718, make it unlawful for anyone to knowingly employ, hire or recruit a person for public or private employment who is authorized to work under federal immigration law-either fir oneself or someone else under Section 6 (Employment of Undocumented workers in FL) on either bill. Noncompliance carries several penalties for employers.

• Repayment of any economic development incentives,

• One-year probation period with quarterly reports to the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), and

• Added penalties if an employer has a second violation within two years, tiered based on the number of workers without documentation.

State enforcement of the E-Verify for private employers would cost Florida's economy more than $12.6 billion in one year and costing an major impact throughout the state.

The six industries that would be most impacted represent the top industries for employment for undocumented workers in Florida: (1) Construction; (2) Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, and Waste Management Services; (3) Accommodation and Food Services, Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; (4) Retail Trade; (5) Other Services; and (6) Agriculture. 

• The industries above employ 391,000 undocumented workers, who make up nearly 10 percent of employment in these industries. 

• Undocumented workers made $12.6 billion in wages in these industries in 2019 (which provides the most robust recent data, due to collection issues during COVID-19).

• Estimates show that immigrants without a documented status spend 7.3% of their income paying taxes, contributing close to $923 million to state and local taxes in 2019 alone.

The six industries accounted for 25 percent of Florida's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019, producing $275 billion. 

• Without undocumented workers, employers in these industries would lose 10 percent of their workforce and the wages they contribute along with them. As a result, Florida's GDP could drop by $12.6 billion in a single year, or 1.1 percent. Cutting these workers' spending power means state and local tax revenue would drop as well.

• This would significantly impact one of Florida's top industries — Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting — since it is estimated that undocumented workers make up 47 percent of its labor force. Florida's agricultural industry would face significant challenges in particular, as farmers must fill jobs quickly in geographically isolated areas, making them reliant on a high density of foreign-born migrant workers. After Georgia passed its E-Verify law in 2011, one farmer alone witnessed 300 field workers flee, which he anticipated would force him to "abandon about 25 percent of his 125 acres, at a projected loss of $250,000 [that] season."

Enforcement would cost the state between $152,000 and $481,000 per person convicted, depending on the felony type.

• Third degree felony– would cost the Department of Corrections up to $152,000 to incarcerate each person, or $129,000 if they serve 85 percent of their sentence.‍

• Second degree felony– would cost the Department of Corrections up to $481,000 to incarcerate each person, or $408,000 if they serve 85 percent of their sentence. 

The "Unauthorized Alien" transport program of undocumented workers out of Florida will cost an additional $12 million, the Florida Policy dot org reported.

The American Migrant Council reported that Florida immigrants and undocumented immigrants do pay federal and states taxes.

• Immigrant-led households in the state paid $23.2 billion in federal taxes and $8.5 billion in state and local taxes in 2018.

• Undocumented immigrants in Florida paid an estimated $1.3 billion in federal taxes and $588.3 million in state and local taxes in 2018.

• Florida DACA recipients and DACA-eligible individuals paid an estimated $77.6 million in state and local taxes in 2018.

Will DeSantis seek federal recovery bailout funds from President Joe Biden's (D) administration after Florida goes belly up on bankruptcy debt? Also, will other Trump MAGA controlled State legislatures in the country copycat DeSantis' self economic destruction triggering a countrywide tsunami title wave of projected bankruptcy, which taxpayers will be forced to bail them (federal welfare) out of their own economic downfall (disaster) and state endured deficits caused by their own ignorance to acknowledged that undocumented workers are essential and the backbone of the U.S. economic.

A lack of congressional approval of a Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill with a path to citizenship to more than 13M undocumented immigrants in the country is the result of a harsh and discriminatory state immigration bill that was passed in Florida.

For example: When U.S. President Barack Obama (D) was elected to office, he came in on a recession triggered by the outgoing President George W. Bush (R). There was no money for the U.S. to recover from the recession and the country was headed into a depression, but Congress and Obama were able to find the billions of dollars needed to bail out the country from a recession by using the billions of dollars from the IRS suspended account, which billions of dollars were kept after millions of undocumented workers contributed in federal taxes and never claimed a refund of taxes in decades, since former President Ronald Reagan's (R) approved amnesty.

In addiction, undocumented workers have contributed billions of dollars in automatic payroll taxes to the Social Security Trust fund, but are unable to collect after retiring. The U.S. Congress has taken out billions of dollars from the Social Security Trust Fund in the last 20 years and haven't returned the borrowed money, but instead Republican congressmen have attempted to revamp the Social Security so, they don't have to repay the money that was taken out of the Social Security by Congress.

Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) reported that undocumented workers pay into the Social Security and are not eligible to collect after retiring.

• The Social Security Administration reported that in the Earning Suspense File has $1.3T in taxes in earn wages, which most of it was collected from undocumented immigrants.  (The Atlantic)

• In 2014, Stephen Goss, the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration told Vice News that in the last decade, an estimated 11M undocumented immigrants reside in the U.S. and about 7M are unauthorized workers and 3.1M of those worked with fake or expired Social Security numbers and paid automatic payroll taxes to the federal government. In 2010, a $13B annual net contribution was made to the Social Security Trust Fund.


Here's the CS/CS/SB 1718: Immigration Bill's major enforcement breakdown requirements.

Immigration; Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from providing funds to any person, entity, or organization to issue identification documents to an individual who does not provide proof of lawful presence in the United States; specifying that certain driver licenses and permits issued by other states exclusively to unauthorized immigrants are not valid in this state; requiring certain hospitals to collect patient immigration status data information on admission or registration forms; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to enter a certain order and require repayment of certain economic development incentives if the department finds or is notified that an employer has knowingly employed an unauthorized alien without verifying the employment eligibility of such person, etc. APPROPRIATION: $12,000,000

CS/CS/SB 1718 amends various Florida statutes to address provisions related to individuals in this state who may be unauthorized aliens. Specifically the bill:

• Amends the crime of human smuggling to provide that a person commits a third degree felony when he or she knowingly and willfully transports into this state an individual whom the person knows or reasonably should know has entered the United States in violation of the law and has not been inspected by the Federal Government since his or her unlawful entry from another country;

• Enhances the crime of human smuggling when smuggling a minor, more than five people, or when the defendant has a prior conviction for human smuggling;

• Adds the crime of human smuggling to the list of crimes that allow for prosecution under the Florida RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) Act;

• Allows a law enforcement agency to send relevant information obtained pursuant to enforcement of s. 448.095, F.S., to a federal immigration agency;

• Amends the state's domestic security statutes to provide the necessary authority for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate with and provide assistance to the Federal Government in the enforcement of federal immigration laws, and responses to immigration enforcement incidents within or affecting Florida;

• Beginning July 1, 2023, requires private employers with 25 or more employees to use the E-Verify system for new employees (the bill retains the current law requirements for public employers and contractors and subcontractors thereof to use the E-Verify system);

• Alters the defenses for employers using the I-9 Form or E-Verify system; and, beginning July 1, 2024, amends the penalties for an employer's noncompliance to register and use the E-Verify system, including imposing a daily fine of $1,000 and allowing for the suspension of employer licenses after multiple findings of noncompliance;

• Creates penalties for employers who knowingly employ unauthorized aliens, effective July 1, 2024, including quarterly reporting and the suspension or revocation of employer licenses in certain circumstances;

• Creates a third degree felony for an unauthorized alien to knowingly use a false identification document or who fraudulently uses an identification document of another person, to obtain employment;

• Prohibits a county or municipality from providing funds to any person, entity, or organization for the purpose of issuing an identification card or other document to an individual who does not provide proof of lawful presence in the United States;

• Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle if his or her driver's license is issued by another state which exclusively provides such a license to undocumented immigrants who are unable to prove lawful presence in the United States when the licenses are issued;

• Provides that certain existing exemptions from obtaining a Florida driver license for nonresidents do not apply for undocumented immigrants;

• Repeals the statute that allows an applicant to the Florida Bar who is an unauthorized immigrant to be admitted to the Bar by the Florida Supreme Court if certain conditions are met effective November 1, 2028;

• Requires a person who is in the custody of a law enforcement agency and is subject to an immigration detainer to submit a DNA sample when he or she is booked into a jail, correctional, or juvenile facility;

• Requires any hospital that accepts Medicaid to include a question on its admission or registration forms inquiring about whether the patient is a United States citizen, is lawfully present in the United States, or is not lawfully present in the United States;

• Requires each hospital to provide a quarterly report to the Agency for Health Care Administration, detailing the number of emergency department visits or hospital admissions by patients who responded to the above question in each category; and

• Appropriates a nonrecurring sum of $12 million from the General Revenue Fund to the Division of Emergency Management for the 2023-2024 fiscal year for the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program created in ch. 2023-3, L.O.F.



Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Vehicle Crash Damages Familia Dental Clinic At W. National Ave. And S. Layton Blvd, A 61-year-old Woman Reported Injured

A vehicle crashed into the Familia Dental Clinic and a 61-year-old woman was reported injured.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 9, 2023

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Friday, a driver who was parking near the Familia Dental Clinic at 821 S. Layton Blvd in the Southside of Milwaukee crashed into the clinic.

According to Milwaukee police, a driver around 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 5, 2023 was parking near the Familia Dental Clinic parking lot in the mall and accidentally accelerated and crashed into the front of the clinic. A 61-year-old woman inside the clinic was reported injured.


Bryell C. Bonds, 26, And Santos M. Solier, 25, Sentenced To Life In Prison With Possiblity Of Supervision After 30 To 40 Years For The 2021 Homicide Of Richard L. Alva Jr., 34, In The Southside Of Milwaukee

Bonds pled guilty on September 2022 and was sentenced on May 4, 2023 to life in prison with possibly of supervision after 30 years and remains at the Milwaukee County jail as a material witness.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 9, 2023

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On May 4, 2023, Bryell C. Bonds, 26, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of supervision after 30 years for the March 29, 2021 murder of Richard L. Alva Jr., 34, in the Southside of Milwaukee.

Bonds was charged with 1st-degree intentional homicide and party to a crime. A restitution hearing is scheduled for June 6, 2023 at the Criminal Justice Facility room G55A with presiding Milwaukee County Judge Jean Marie Kies.

Bonds remains at the Milwaukee County jail as a material witness, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.

Bonds is the second suspect to be sentenced to life in prison in connection with the Alva Jr. homicide.

On April 14, 2023, Santos M. Solier, 25, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of supervision after 40 years for Alva Jr.'s murder. Solier was found guilty on February 17, 2023 for 1st-degree intentional homicide and party to a crime.

On June 2, 2023, Solier is scheduled for a restitution hearing at the Criminal Justice Facility room G55A with presiding Milwaukee County Judge Jean Marie Kies.

Solier is currently incarcerated at the Dodge Correctional Institute in Waupun, Wisconsin.

According to the criminal complaint, police recovered several video surveillance footage from the immediate area that showed Alva Jr. and both Bonds and Solier talking on March 29, 2021 near an SUV by an alley at the 2300 block of W. Scott Street for awhile. Then Bonds and Solier around 5:05 a.m. backed up with extended arms holding firearms while also firing multiple gunshots at Alva Jr. who was unarmed. The suspects then fled the scene.

A woman who accompanied Alva Jr. told police that she and Alva Jr. were at a bar and one of the suspects had gotten into an argument with Alva Jr..

Police recovered 10 spent cartridges where Alva Jr. was fatally shot.

Solier was taken into custody in July 2021 and Bonds in May 2021.

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Milwaukee Police Shut Down S. César E. Chávez Drive On Saturday At 7:30 p.m. To Avoid Another Lawlessness 5 de Mayo Impromptu Flag Waving Parade Affecting Businesses Along The Corridor

Milwaukee police shutdown the S. Chávez Drive Business BID 38 from W. Greenfield Ave. to W. National Ave. without advising any businesses along Chávez Drive before they closed the street to traffic. Thousands of vehicles travel through the S. Chávez Drive per day, and shutting down the street causes an economic loss for all the businesses along S. Chávez Drive.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Saturday, the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) decided to shutdown the S. César E. Chávez Dr. business corridor between W. Greenfield Ave. to W. National Ave. along the Chávez Drive at around 7:30 p.m. without any previous notice to local businesses at the Chávez business bid. Most of the businesses along S. Chávez Drive were unexpectedly forced to close without any prior notice by the MPD or Milwaukee Police District 2 Station.

The local businesses including taco food trucks along S. Chávez Drive faced a combined loss of 10's of thousands of dollars of generated sales income  during the premature traffic closure decision by the MPD. It's unclear when MPD reopened S. Chávez Drive on Saturday night.

The MPD decision to close S. Chávez Drive on Saturday was a huge mistake to undertake after multiple police officers and supervisors from Police District 2 Station failed to take control early of the chaotic and lawlessness activity by those hundreds of impromptu flag waving revelers on Friday, 5 de Mayo. Video at link: https://youtu.be/T7WmS-JpqQg

On Friday, around 11:00 p.m., Milwaukee police officers shot several armed male suspects in two simultaneous shootings in the Southside of Milwaukee, a 22-year-old armed male suspect who fired a handgun was shot by a police officer at the 1200 block of S. 15th Place near W. Scott Street and a 17-year-old Black armed male suspect who also fired a handgun was also shot by a police officer at the 1200 block of S. César. Chávez Drive near W. Scott St. Both suspects failed to drop their handguns when ordered by police. Police recovered the suspect's handguns at each incident. The suspects are expected to survive from their injuries and are expected to face criminal charges for discharging firearms. Videos of shooting at link: https://tinyurl.com/4be7pdmz

MPD around 9:00 p.m. on Friday closed S. Chávez Drive and prevented traffic from traveling either North and South.

I guess the Southside MPD command and its police officers from Police District 2 Station failed to notice on early Saturday and during the day that no one was out engaging in any 5 de Mayo flag waving impromptu parading and that most who were actually celebrating the 5 de Mayo on Saturday were at the UMOS Center on S. Chase Ave., which no incidents were reported by police at the one-day festival and a few police SUV's units from Milwaukee Police District 6 Station were on duty until the event closed at 8:00 p.m.

In brief: More than 20,000 vehicles drive through Chavez Dr. a day and more than 147,000 per week during the year.

A 2006 city economic study reported that the Southside households in the predominately Latino community located inside Postal Zip Code 53204 in Milwaukee spent more than $91 million annually in retail goods, according to the Department of City Development statistics. In one day, they spent approximately $249,315.06. The biggest tax-generating base for the city comes solely from the Southside compared to other districts.

In Milwaukee, over 850 Hispanic owned businesses generate more than $225 million in annual sales.