FBI Offers $20K Reward For Identity Of Suspect Who Shot U.S. Consulate Official In Guadalajara

Armed suspect followed the U.S. Consulate official inside a garage and then waiting outside to shoot at him as he exited the parking structure.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 7, 2017

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is offering $20,000 U.S. dollars reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a lone gunman who shot and wounded a U.S. Consulate official Christopher Ashcraft in Guadalajara on Friday afternoon. Video surveillance in the parking structure recorded the suspect following the U.S. official and then waited for him in the exit where the suspect then took out a handgun and shot at the vehicle window the U.S. Consulate official was driving. Once the suspect fired a gunshot, he fled.

The U.S. Consulate official was wounded and is expected to survive. He works in the visa issuing section of the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, according to the U.S. State Department.

U.S. Consulate official shot in Gudalajara https://youtu.be/fPtiw8emd8k


Update: The Jalisco State Prosecutor's Office confirmed that the suspect, Zafar Zia, 31, a U.S. Citizen sought in connection with shooting of U.S. Consulate official Christopher Ashcraft had been taken into custody by Mexican police special forces on Sunday.

Esteban Santiago Arrested After Killing 5, Wounding 8 Tourists At Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

Santiago arrived in a flight from Canada to Ft. Lauderdale and had a handgun in his checked baggage, according to police.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 6, 2017

Fort Lauderdale, FL - On Friday, a shooting at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport resulted in the murder of 5 tourists and 8 people injured. Lone gunman, Esteban Ruiz Santiago, 26, originally from New Jersey and of Puerto Rican descent opened fire at the baggage pick-up Terminal 2 killing arriving tourists and Santiago was taken into custody at the terminal, according to police in Florida.
Santiago will appear before a federal judge on Monday to face multiple homicide charges.
Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca confirmed Santiago arrived in a flight to Ft. Lauderdale from Canada and had a weapon in his checked luggage. He went to the bathroom and loaded the handgun and came out of the bathroom shooting at people, according to LaMarca.
Authorities say, Santiago had an interest, downloaded jihad propaganda and suffered from a mental heath issue.

Four Suspects Facing Felony Charges In Brutal Facebook Live Streamed Attacked of Mentally Challenged Man

18-year-old mentally challenged man was brutally beaten on Facebook live stream and Chicago police were made aware of the video depicting four suspects, two males and two females involved in the beating.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 6, 2017

Chicago, Illinois - On Thursday, Tesfaye Cooper, 18, of Chicago; Brittany Covington, 18, of Chicago; Tanishia Covington, 24, of Chicago and Jordan Hill,18, of Carpentersville were booked in the Cook County Jail on multiple felony criminal charges for aggravated kidnapping, a hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, robbery, PSMV and residential burglary in connection with the brutal beating of an 18-year-old White mentally challenged man, according to the Chicago Police Department (CPD). The suspects will appear in a Cook County court to facensure formal charges on Friday. Chicago police reported that an officer spotted the victim walking in a sidewalk wearing only sandels, jean shorts and an inside out bloodied sweatshirt in outdoor freezing conditions. Police later discovered that the victim had been reported missing.

As police investigated the incident, a concerned Facebook (FB) user noticed a FB live streamed video, which showed four suspects who are all Afro-Americans beating a White young adult. The FB user recognized one of the suspects and notified police on Tuesday, which police managed to arrest the suspects connected to the beating.

In the FB video, the suspects while cutting the victims hair and clothing with sharp knives forced the victim to say "F_ck Trump!...Fu_k...White people!"

According to the criminal complaint, Hill and the victim who are both from Carpentersville met up at a McDonald's restaurant to what was supposed to be a sleepover, but Hill drove the victim around for several days in a stolen van. Hill took the victim to where several other suspects lived in the 3400 block of W. Lexington in the Westside of Chicago and that's when the ordeal began for the mentally challenged man. The suspects and the victim fooled around engaging in playful fighting and it got out of hand resulting with the beating including kicking, punching and cutting the clothing of the victim while on FB live stream. Police say the victim was held without his permission between 24 to 48 hours by the suspects.

A lower apartment tenant heard the noise and complained to the suspects. The suspects went to the lower tenants apartment and broke the door open. Meanwhile, the victim was left alone, he managed to escape and ended up walking alone and disoriented when a Chicago police officer spotted him and picked him up.

FB video of beating at https://youtu.be/oKiJDxyuyhs

Armed Robbery Suspects Strike At Local Southside Mexican Style Restaurants

Multiple Southside Mexican style restaurants including a McDonald's and a liquor store were robbed by armed suspects.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 5, 2017

Milwaukee, WI - On Wednesday, Milwaukee police arrested an armed robber after he came back to pick up his cell phone that he dropped on the street after a shooting inside the A-1 Liquor Store at the 9200 block of W. Oklahoma Ave. on January 3rd. The 62-year-old owner of the store says, that the suspect under arrest looks to like the armed suspect that robbed the same store a month ago. In that incident, the suspect fled with a cash box.

The suspect fired one gunshot inside the store. Police say, the suspect called the found and when he showed to recover it, he was taken into custody. A handgun was recovered from his vehicle. The suspect might be connected to other local armed robberies.

La Taqueria Los Gallos, 1800 S. 13th Street reported on Wednesday that an armed robber walked into the restaurant and ordered food, shortly after he took a handgun out and robbed the place after mishandling a female worker. Francisco Hernández, the owner of La Taqueria Los Gallos says, the armed robber took about $300 and pointed his gun at the head of a customer before leaving. Hernández is now offering $5,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the armed robber, according to the Taqueria Los Gallos Facebook account.  The armed robber was caught by surveillance camera.

The McDonald's restaurant at the 2600 block of W. Morgan was reported robbed at the end of December. The armed robber fled with an undetermined amount of cash.

El Cabrito restaurant the 1100 block of S. 11th Street in Milwaukee's Southside was also robbed on December 27, 2016, according to police. The suspect, armed with a gun, walked in through the front door and demanded money from the employees. The employees gave the suspect their money and the suspect then fled from the scene on foot, according to the Milwaukee Police Department.

In both the A-1 Liquor store and LA Taqueria Los Gallos , the suspect was Afro-American and at the Cabritos restaurant, the suspect was described a White. This would be the second armed robbery that the Cabrito restaurant reported an armed robbery in 2016.

In all cases, a surveillance video camera caught the suspects robbing the businesses.

Several armed Afro-American suspects allegedly robbed the Station in the Park at 812 S. Layton Boulevard on December 23rd, 2016. They fled with cash.
On December 15, 2016, an armed Hispanic male suspect enter the Radio Shack at 1844 S. 15th Street and demanded cash from several employees and then fled. No one was reported hurt.
The Jalapeño restaurant at 2106 W. National Ave. was robbed by several male suspects with a sawed-off weapon on December 13, 2016. The suspects fled with cash an a purse.

• Taqueria Los Gallos video https://youtu.be/_3BVhuqwBOs

• El Cabrito video https://youtu.be/iE-oJLcuNb4

• Radio Shack video https://youtu.be/k2kTULL5qTI

• El Jalapeño video https://youtu.be/N-jN9d6cg9o

• Station in the Park https://youtu.be/Ud3JvT4gveI

Radio Latina 5.0 Taking The Lead With Raul Ventura Ortiz In Discussing Issues Affecting Latinos

Radio Latina with host Ventura Ortiz breaking barriers and bring the discussion of issues to local communities while connecting to communities in the U.S., Mexico and Latin America.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 4, 2017

Milwaukee, WI - On Wednesday, Raul Ventura Ortiz, the radio host of Radio Latina 5.0 Internet radio aired a live commentary program discussing major issues affecting Latinos locally, U.S.A., Mexico and other parts of Latin America to thousands of viewers on Facebook and via the internet from Milwaukee's Southside Gran Teocalli, 2011 W. Forest Home Ave. Radio Latina is a popular program that travels around the inter-state region between Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin in the Midwest to raise awareness including discussion/debate and to connect community influencial Latino community stake holders to speak out about issues affecting them and communities at large.

One of the issues discussed was the lack of managing of at least three trillion U.S. dollars of Hispanic economic spending power to infuence change. As of today, Latinos have yet to learn how to manage their spending empowerment to influence change and economic empowerment to push for a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the Republican control federal legislature and the incoming President-elect Trump administration and Trump's anticipated discriminatory policies targeted at the immigrant population.

Ventura Ortiz, el presentador de Radio Latina 5.0 transmitió en vivo desde Milwaukee, Wisconsin y tocando temas que afectan a la comunidad Latina en el medio oeste, E.E.U.U., México y Latino America. Uno de los temas de enfoque de la programación Radio Latina en Milwaukee fue la falta de manejar y controlar los gastos económicos de más de tres trillones de dólares por parte de Hispanos para promover un cambio mejor de vida y exigir una reforma de migración para más de 13 millones de Latinos en E.E.U.U.

Video de programación: Radio Latina 5.0 Milwaukee video broadcast with Latino community members discussing issues affecting them locally and nationally. http://goo.gl/zlkGjC

National PEMEX Boycott, Insecurity, Vandalism Caused G500/Grupo Gasolinero To Close 400 Of Its Gas Stations In Mexico

400 of the G500 Gas Stations to close due to violence and stolen gasoline by criminal groups

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

January 4, 2017

MX - On Tuesday, Antonio Caballero, President of G500/Grupo Gasolinero, a gas retailer and distributor in Mexico announced that on Wednesday, 400 of 800 of its gas stations will be closed by noon in Naucalpan, Reforma and Atízapan in Mexico including in Mexico City due to an increase of violence icluding vandalism, reports of stolen gasoline and employees and customers being injured by unknown criminal groups taking advantage of a national gasoline boycott. Caballero is seeking security and protection by the Mexican government.
Last Tuesday, Mexican syndicated and organized groups El Barzón (a civil and social rights group) around Mexico began a national boycott of PEMEX gasoline due to an increase of 20% of gas prices, which went into effect New Year's Day and was approved by the Mexican Congress and President Peña Nieto.
PEMEX supplies gasoline to G500 gas stations.

On January 1, 2017, the monopoly national gasoline PEMEX Company will increase gasoline prices per liter by 20% under a federal law passed by the Mexican Congress and President Enrique Peña Nieto.

• Magna (Regular gas): $15.99 pesos per liter (U.S. $0.77) +14.2% increase
• Premium: $17.79 pesos per liter (U.S. $0.85) +20.1% increase
• Diesel: $17.05 pesos per liter (U.S. $0.82) +16.5% increase 

Kenosha Police Officer Kendal J. West Charged With Felony Count And Battery Involving Boyfriend Of Estranged Wife

Kenosha Police Officer West was charged with one felony count for misconduct in office and two misdemeanor counts for battery and disorderly conduct for an early New Year's Day altercation with an ER doctor involved in a relationship with West's estranged wife.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

January 3, 2017

Kenosha, WI - On Tuesday, Kenosha Police Officer Kendal J. West, 29, was charged with one felony count for misconduct in office including the use of excessive force and two misdemeanors counts for battery and disorderly conduct, according to Racine County Court records. A cash bail was set at $20,000 for West. West is expected back in court for a preliminary hearing on January 20.

West taken into custody on early Sunday around 2:00 a.m. in connection with an altercation early New Year's Day with an ER doctor who is dating West's estranged wife. West's wife went to talk to her boyfriend at a Kenosha hospital parking lot. While the doctor talked to West's estranged wife, Officer West while on duty stopped by after following his wife and got out of his police squad. West approached the doctor, suddenly in a jealousy rage began to punch the doctor in the head and then got into his squad and drove off almost striking the doctor.

West's estranged wife told investigators that she had earlier tried to serve West with divorce papers, but he had tore them up.

A hospital nearby video surveillance camera in the parking lot recorded when West struck the doctor multiple times.

West was charged on Tuesday with the following counts:

• Battery (Class A misdemeanor) if found guilty, West is facing up to 9 months in jail and up to $10,000 in fines

• Misconduct in office (Class I Felony)  if found guilty, West is facing up to 3 years and 6 months in prison and up to $10,000 in fines

• Disorderly Conduct (Class B Misdemeanor) if found guilty, West is facing up to 90 days in jail and up to $1,000 in fines

Cash bond for West was set at $20,000, according to Racine County Court records.

Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskins cited that Officer West has been placed on administrative duty and the "altercation stemming from a personal problem."

West was hired in 2013 by the Kenosha Police Department and was a former police officer with Montgomery Alabama Police Department. West is originally from Kenosha, according to the KPD.