Taco Truck Bandits Sought By Milwaukee Police For Armed Robbery

Police are seeking three men who allegedly robbed multiple taco trucks and fled with an undetermined amount of cash.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

August 30, 2018

Milwaukee, WI - The Milwaukee Police Department is seeking to identify three suspects involved in five taco truck robberies which occurred on August 29th between the hours of 7:00 p.m and 8:45 p.m. 

The locations of the taco truck robberies are: 

• 1600 block of W. Scott St.

• 3900 Block of W. Burnham St. 

• 1900 Block of W. National Ave.

• 1600 Block of S. Muskego Ave.

• 1500 Block of S. 6th St.  

Police described suspect #1 as a Hispanic male, 20-25 years of age, 5'7- 5'9, thin build, with short dark hair, clean shaven and a tattoo on his right hand. Suspect #2 is a Hispanic male, 20-25 years of age. Suspect #3, black male, in his 30's, shoulder length braids. Suspects changed clothing between robberies.  

According to police, the suspects approached the taco trucks, pointed firearms at the victims and demanded money. The suspects were seen fleeing in a newer model red or burgundy, Nissan Sentra, four door, no front license plate with a low spoiler. 

Trump Not To Popular With Some Mexican Fiesta 2018 Festivalgoers Who Wore T-shirts Expressing Discontent

The recent anti-immigrant policies and the separation of families brought harsh criticism aimed at Trump during the three-day Mexican Fiesta 2018.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

August 30, 2018

Milwaukee, WI - More than 95,000 people attended the three-day Mexican Fiesta 2018 over the weekend in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and some of them took the liberty to express their discontent with Trump and his policies including the separation of families by wearing t-shirts at the festival that actually said it all. One person, who is a Marine veteran wore a t-shirt and posted on his Facebook account that stated, "Fuck Trump" another man wearing a t-shirt, who apparently is a Navy veteran was photographed by a festivalgoer who also posted it on his Facebook account that shows the veteran wearing a t-shirt with a photo of Trump and said, "El Pendejo," which translates "Stupid." The illustration mimics the Mexican lotería game, which depicts images of persons, things, items and etc.

Mexican Fiesta is considered the largest Mexican music and a family cultural tradition venue event in the Midwest.
The Summerfest grounds operated by Milwaukee World Festival Inc. is considered a public forum where free speech and freedom of expression is still prevelent.
Case precedent, Satélite v. Mexican Fiesta (WHSF), in June 1992, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge William D. Gardner ruled that the Summerfest grounds are a "public forum" where there is a First Amendment right to freedom of expression,  even when the grounds are occupied by an ethnic festival.
Gardner said, "City government created the grounds to be a place where the public could gather and experience the ethnic and cultural diversity of the community."
Also under Cohen v. California (1971), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a conviction of a man wearing a jacket saying "Fuck the Draft", which he was cited for disturbing the peace and the four letter word was considered free speech.
The First Amendment, as applied through the Fourteenth, prohibits states from making the public display of a single four-letter expletive a criminal offense, without a more specific and compelling reason than a general tendency to disturb the peace. Court of Appeal of California reversed.

Aurora Weier's Convicted Killer Angel Luis Santiago Eligible For Parole In 2022

Santiago, a former Puerto Rican community leader, who also ran for the Milwaukee Common Council twice and who in 2001 confessed that he actually killed Aurora Weier in 1985 will be eligible for parole in 2022.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

August 28, 2018

Milwaukee, WI - Angel Luis Santiago, 67, who was convicted in 1987 for 1st-degree murder for the November 4, 1985 homicide of Aurora Weier, 45, will be eligible for parole on May 1, 2022 (inmate #00176643). Santiago is currently incarcerated at the Racine Correctional Institute in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, according to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

Santiago who was sentenced to life in prison with five years extended incarceration in 2001 finally confessed to a reporter while being incarcerated at the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota that he fatally shot Weier with a rifle from across the street as she was walking with her 7-year-old son into a Latino community center known as the Enrichment Center that was later renamed the Aurora Weier Educational Center, an alternative high school for Latino youths at N. Richards and W. Center Streets in Milwaukee.

Santiago who was then the Director of the United Youth Federation apparently became distraught that Weier was an emerging Latina leader and was successful in getting funding for the center. Santiago had experienced deficit funding issues in his organization.

Weier was originally from Panama who saw a need for Latinos to get educated in the Holton Latino and Puerto Rican neighborhood.

Best Tasting Pan de Fiesta At Mexican Fiesta 2018

More than 8,000 pieces of Mexican bread expected to be baked at the three-day Mexican Fiesta weekend in Milwaukee.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

August 24, 2018

Milwaukee, WI - On Friday, both brother and sister, Ricardo Landon Sol and Monica Landon Sol known as Mexican traditional bakers from Texcoco in the State of Mexico confirmed that more than 8,000 pieces of Mexican flavored bread will be mix, baked and sold during the three-day Mexican Fiesta 2018 at the Summerfest grounds in Milwaukee. Monica says that with the help of Mexican Fiesta volunteers in Milwaukee, an authentic taste of Mexican baked bread from four generations of family tradition and their special ingredient mix imported from Mexico will add the true flavor best known in state of Mexico as the Pan de Fiesta in Texcoco.

Festivalgoers can only get the best tasting Mexican bread in Wisconsin during the three-day Mexican Fiesta. Both Ricardo and Monica have been baking their specialty flavored bread at Mexican Fiesta for the last three years. 

En español:

Se espera que se horneen más de 8,000 piezas de pan mexicano en el fin de semana durante los tres días de Mexican Fiesta en Milwaukee.

Por H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

24 de agosto del 2018

Milwaukee, WI- El viernes, tanto el hermano como la hermana, Ricardo Landon Sol y Monica Landon Sol, conocidos como panaderos mexicanos tradicionales de Texcoco en el Estado de México, confirmaron que más de 8,000 piezas de pan mexicano se mezclarán, hornearán y venderán durante los tres días de la Mexican Fiesta 2018, en los terrenos de Summerfest en Milwaukee. Mónica dice que con la ayuda de los voluntarios de Mexican Fiesta en Milwaukee, un sabor auténtico de pan horneado mexicano de cuatro generaciones de tradición familiar y su mezcla especial de ingredientes importados de México agregará el verdadero sabor más conocido en el estado de México como el Pan de Fiesta en Texcoco.
Los asistentes al festival solo pueden obtener el pan mexicano de mejor sabor en Wisconsin durante la Mexican Fiesta de tres días. Tanto Ricardo como Monica han estado horneando su pan saborizado especial en Mexican Fiesta durante los últimos tres años.

Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office Will No Longer Honor ICE Detainers

ICE detainers will longer be honored by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, but ICE will be notified prior to a suspected undocumented immigrant release from jail.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

August 22, 2018

Milwaukee, WI - On Tuesday, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) announced a new policy that the department will no longer accept or honor Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers without an official court warrant signed by a judge. A federal court had ruled that ICE detainers are not legal binding, but that only a warrant signed by a judge can authorized the hold of a suspected undocumented immigrant who was processed by the sheriff's office for another violation. Once the inmate is scheduled for release and there is no basis to continue to hold the suspected undocumented immigrant, the inmate will be released, but ICE will be notified that the inmate would be released within 2 to 3 hours before the release process is completed, according to the MCSO. The MCSO notification to ICE would allow ICE to arrest the undocumented immigrant when released from the jail.

The MCSO policy change came after the ACLU requested for the department to stop honoring ICE detainers in early August.

Daniel L. Mangert Arrested For Alleged Child Sexual Assault At A Humboldt Park Pavilion Bathroom In Milwaukee

Mangert was taken into custody after attempting to escape arrest by jumping from a building and sustaining injuries.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

August 21, 2018

Bay View, WI - On Sunday, Daniel L. Mangert, 36, was taken into custody for an alleged felony charge for child sexual assault, which charges are still pending, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. Mangert was hospitalized and booked in the Milwaukee County jail on Monday.

A Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputy responded to an incident reported around 4:00 p.m. at the Humboldt Park Pavillion where the Beer Garden is located involving a 4-year-old boy who was allegedly molested by a man inside a bathroom stall. The 4-year-old boy apparently was allowed to go the bathroom by himself while his mother was attending one of her daughters who had been injured while playing at a nearby playground.

A male witness who offered to look for the child inside the bathroom while the mother waited outside discovered that another man was inside a bathroom stall with the boy. The second man who turned out to be Mangert told the mother that he was helping her son in the stall, but the mother suspected otherwise and Mangert fled in a bicycle from the park, the Bay View Compass reported.

Another person at the park identified Mangert as the man who fled the scene to a deputy. Also, the man who found Mangert in the bathroom stall with the boy chased him in his truck, according to the Bay View Compass.

When authorities located him, Mangert attempted to avoid arrest by jumping out of a building, sustaining injuries and was hospitalized.

In 2006, Mangert was convicted for felony bail jumping and in 2005, he was convicted for felony causing mental harm to a child, according to Milwaukee County court records.

Good Samaritan, Michael Smith Spots Distressed Woman, Who Turns Out To Be Levina M. Stones, A Missing Person In Milwaukee

A Milwaukee missing 21-year-old woman has been located at a vacant parking and has been returned to family members.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

August 20, 2018

Milwaukee, WI - On Monday, Michael Smith Sr. is being hailed as a good samaritan for spotting Levina M. Stones, 21, standing at a parking lot in the 3100 block of W. Capitol Ave. JayGee Mitchell posted in his Facebook (FB) account photos of Stones and one of Smith giving Stones a water bottle. According to Mitchell, Stones looked lost, didn't speak much and didn't seem to know where she was at.

Mitchell asked his FB followers if anyone knew of someone that was missing and the post with photos circulated fast on social media. It didn't take long for Stones to be recognized by family members who had reported on FB on early Monday that she had been missing since Sunday afternoon and described Stones with acute psychosis, a condition that renders a person to "looking down, looking confuse or lost."

Stones family members quickly went to the area on Monday where she was located and were united with her. Smith was thanked by family members for locating their lost relative.