19-year-old Christian Martin Found Guilty Of 1st-degree Intentional Homicide For The Murder Of Nelson Manuel López Correa, 15, In The Southside Of Milwaukee

Martin is facing up to life in prison when he is sentenced in February 2026.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

December 10, 2026

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Wednesday, a Milwaukee County jury convicted Christian Brandon Martin, 19, of 1st-degree intentional homicide for the October 28, 2024 cold blooded homicide of Nelson Manuel López Correa, 15, in the Southside of Milwaukee.

Martin is facing up to life in prison without the possibility of parole when he is sentenced on February 26, 2026.

Martin allegedly shot López Correa once in the side of the head (the 9mm shot entered the left temporal scalp and exited on the right temporal scalp) at the 1600 block of W. Forest Home Ave. while talking to a female that used to date Martin.

Det. Alexander Ayala, Reelected To 2nd Term As Milwaukee Police Association (union) President

After a heated and controversial campaign to seek reelection, Ayala defeated Milwaukee Police Officer Wieting to become MPA president for a second 3-year term. (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1H1iAQPDet/)

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

December 9, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin -  The Milwaukee Police Association (MPA-union) members reelected Milwaukee Police Detective Alexander Ayala, also known as Alex Cornejo, as President of the MPA for a second term defeating Milwaukee Police Officer Scott R. Wieting Jr. who ran as a candidate to replace Ayala.

Also, Wisconsin Right Now dot com writer and journalist Jessica McBribe confirmed on her Facebook account that Ayala had defeated Wieting. 

The MPA elections ran from December 3 - 7, 2025.

Ayala received 444 (53.65%) of the vote compared to Wieting who received 385 (46.4%) of the MPA vote.

The MPA will hold its annual Christmas Party tonight at Serb Hall in the Southside of Milwaukee.

Ayala previous article dated August 17, 2024 link: http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2024/08/alexander-ayala-president-of-milwaukee.html

The MPA endorsed Trump in 2020 and 2024.

Editor's note: You are a MAGA (Make Amerikkka Great Again), if you voted, support, endorse and defend Trump's MAGA political policies.

40-year-old Harold García From Illinois Says That He Was Assaulted At Fiesta Carambola Restaurant And Pool Hall Over USICE Comments In The Southside Of Milwaukee

García says, that he was allegedly assaulted by at least five men including some employees from the Fiesta Carambola at the pool hall.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A. 

November 30, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On early Sunday, Harold García, 40, from Illinois posted a video in his Facebook account saying that he was allegedly assaulted around 1:00 a.m. by at least five individuals including some employees from the Fiesta Carambola Restaurant And Pool Hall who were wearing the business name on their shirts at the 1900 block of W. Becher St. over comments against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) and Trump including García's pro-support for the Colombian president. Apparently, the individuals at Fiesta Carambola (a Colombian venue) were pro-Trump and USICE who didn't like his comments, according to García.

García says he was with his ex-girlfriend at the Carambola pool hall celebrating his birthday when the incident (assault) occurred by the door while the business private security guards failed to intervene and stop the individuals from beating up García who suffered some injuries and facial bleeding as shown in his video in social media. (Video link: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1ZshSAxABX/)

The Fiesta Carambola Restaurant and Pool Hall has multiple surveillance cameras inside and outside, according to García.

García on Sunday told Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) that his cellphone was also stolen by one of the individuals that attacked him. García claims that the individuals were pro-Trump and USICE.

García says, he will be contacting the Milwaukee Police Department to report the assault, injuries and his stolen cellphone.

According to García who was visiting Milwaukee, he wasn't able to contact police or go to a local hospital for treatment because of the snow storm, but was able to use his ex-girlfriend's cellphone to video record outside the Fiesta Carambola after it closed.

HNNUSA did a business name, including  B Tavern and A liquor license search in the City of Milwaukee. According to the City of Milwaukee Clerk License Division record search, 1910 W. Becher Street was made part of the Class B at 1937 W. Forest Home Ave. via a permanent extension in 2019. It is licensed. It operates as Forest Home Ave. Chicken Palace LLC DBA Chicken Palace Forest Home, which is owned by Valdemar Escobar.

The trade name of Fiesta Carambola has not been registered with the City License Department, and must be updated by Escobar, according to the City License Department.

The following is García's Facebook post, which he mentioned Fiesta Garibaldi in the video that he recorded outside the Fiesta Carambola, but Fiesta Garibaldi responded to García denying any association with Fiesta Carambola Restaurant and Pool Hall.

Harold García dice, Fiesta carambola en Milwaukee south side apoya a trump. Me golpearon por representar la raza. Mi gente vamos a boicotear este negocio que apoya a ICE y va en contra de nuestra comunidad

This business in Milwaukee south side is collaborating with ICE and the Trump agenda. I got beat up for speaking against ICE.

Fiesta Garibaldi response to García.

Comunicado Oficial – Fiesta Garibaldi Lincoln

Fiesta Garibaldi Lincoln desea informar al público que no está asociado ni tiene relación alguna con los establecimientos Fiesta Carambola, Chicken Palace, Fiesta Café ni Fiesta Colombia. Cada negocio opera de manera totalmente independiente y bajo su propia administración.

Lamentamos profundamente lo ocurrido al individuo mencionado en el video que circula en redes. Reprobamos cualquier situación que ponga en riesgo la integridad de una persona y nos solidarizamos con quienes se hayan visto afectados.

Nuestra prioridad sigue siendo ofrecer un espacio seguro, respetuoso y familiar para todos nuestros clientes.

Gracias por su comprensión.

Comunicado Oficial de Fiesta Carambola

A nuestra valiosa comunidad, clientes y amigos:

En Fiesta Carambola, lamentamos profundamente el incidente que ocurrió recientemente en nuestro establecimiento, que ha generado confusión y rumores en redes sociales.

Queremos ser transparentes y categóricos en relación con las acusaciones que han circulado:

Aclaración de los Hechos

Es FALSO que nuestro personal o el establecimiento hayan estado involucrados en una disputa sobre temas de inmigración (ICE).

El conflicto se originó como una discusión personal entre dos grupos de clientes sobre asuntos de política de su país de origen, como lo confirman los testimonios de nuestro personal y el video de seguridad.

Nuestro Compromiso con la Seguridad

Nuestro equipo actuó de inmediato y con profesionalismo para contener la situación y garantizar la seguridad de todos nuestros clientes, siguiendo nuestros protocolos. El personal de seguridad intervino rápidamente para expulsar a las partes confrontadas y evitar que el altercado escalara dentro del local.

Fiesta Carambola está y siempre estará comprometido a brindar un ambiente seguro, respetuoso y de calidad para todos.

Agradecemos a quienes han apoyado a nuestro equipo y a la verdad. Continuaremos trabajando para ser su destino favorito, ofreciendo el mejor servicio a nuestra comunidad.

Update: The video showing the incident on November 29, 2025 with Harold García From Illinois and other individuals inside and outside was released by Fiesta Carambola and García posted it on his Facebook page for public viewing and to be shared. 

The video shows García inside Fiesta Carambola talking with other individuals (no sound), then several security guards asked García to leave and escorted García out of Fiesta Carambola. Then multiple individuals go outside, exchanged some words and then one of them strikes García and several more jumped on García while the security guards from Fiesta Carambola stayed inside and watch García get beaten by the unidentified individuals without intervening. It is not clear in the video, if any Fiesta Carambola employees wearing the Fiesta Carambola business logo were involved as well, as Carcía had claimed.

The video now becomes public evidence that García was allegedly criminally assaulted outside Fiesta Carambola by unidentified individuals.

Also, that the private security contracted by Fiesta Carambola and Fiesta Carambola management at the time failed to prevent the individuals that assaulted García from going outside. Both the private security and Fiesta Carambola employees failed to call police as well.

Fiesta Carambola video: https://youtu.be/DLzD6PH_vIc

43-year-old Ángel Olivares Fatally Shot At The 1900 Block of S. Winona Lane In The Southside Of Milwaukee

Olivares was shot multiple times in the upper torso inside a parked minivan, the driver's side window was shattered by gun shots, according to the homicide investigation.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 29, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Milwaukee police responded to the 1900 block of S. Winona Lane around 10:01 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 after shots fired were reported in the Southside of Milwaukee. When police arrived at the location, they located a 43-year-old Ángel Ramon Olivares suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the upper torso inside a parked minivan by the driveway. The driver's side door window was shattered by gunfire, according to the police preliminary investigation.

The victim died at the scene after life-saving measures were unsuccessful.

Police are seeking unknown suspect(s) in connection with the homicide. The homicide investigation is ongoing.

Trump Allegedly Criminalized 53M Legalized Immigrants, Children And Foreign Born Naturalized Citizens On Social Media

Trump in a social media racist and ranting posted allegedly criminalized 53M foreign born legalized immigrants, children and naturalized citizens.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 28, 2025

Washington,  D.C. - On Friday, White House posted that Taco Trump is targeting 53 million legalized foreign born immigrants, children and naturalized citizens after two National Guards, Sarah Backstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolf, 24, were shot by Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan refugee who came into the U.S. in the Summer of 2021 as a fleeing refugee from Afghanistan, and then he was vetted and given asylum by the Trump administration in April 2025.

Both Backstrom and Wolf  are MAGA National Guards from the red state of W. Virginia. Backstrom succumbed to her injuries on Thanksgiving Day 2025.

Lakanwal who lived in Washington state was a trained CIA operative in Afghanistan.

Trump on Friday posted a loco (crazy) frenzy rant and racist rhetoric social media post targeting 53 million legalized foreign born immigrants living in the U.S., which Trump falsely called illegal and allegedly criminalized most in his sickening rant over a deadly criminal act by one suspect, Lakanwal. Trump's usual racist remarks came out once again in his latest rants, not surprising American.

Let's make it clear, Trump, a 34-count convicted felon has deployed MAGA (Make Amerikkka Great Again) red states guardsmen to terrorize multiple blue states during immigration enforcement operations and to patrol the streets of America in states that have majority voting Democrats who rejected him in two presidential elections.

Trump has put red states National Guard in harms way and is definitely responsible for the death of Backstrom. Both Backstrom and Wolf including the rest of the active guardsmen in D.C. should have been at home spending Thanksgiving Day with their love ones instead of actively policing the streets of D.C., where they were not welcomed by local civilians.

Trump has deployed National Guardsmen from red states, simply because they are loyal to him and follow his orders instead of being loyal to the U.S. Constitution and abide by the law. Multiple federal courts have restricted Trump from using the National Guard to police and enforce laws in our domestic streets in America. It's not the job of the National Guard to police our streets, according to federal laws and the U.S. Constitution.

29-year-old David López Pérez Lost Control Of Minivan And Fatally Crashed Into Home In The Southside Of Milwaukee

López died at the scene after crashing into a home on W. Windlake Ave., according to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 26, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On early Saturday, November  22, 2025, around 2:50 a.m., David López Pérez, 29, who was driving along W. Windlake Ave. in the Southside of Milwaukee apparently lost control of his minivan and crashed into a home at the 1900 block of W. Windlake Ave., according to Milwaukee police.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office pronounced López deceased at the scene.

Police were able to recover outdoor surveillance camera video showing the minivan traveling at a high rate of speed, losing control and crashing head on into the home.

López was originally from Rio Rama, Santos Domingo Tepuxtepec, Mexico.

Protest Held Against The MAGA Hostile Takeover At MATC, Which Eliminated The Soul And Heart Of Diversity At The Technical College

After 53 years of providing successful student services for students of color, the MAGA hostile takeover at MATC eliminated the Multicultural Student Services Office, which four student services specialists lost their full-time positions at the technical college.

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 25, 2025

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Monday, a protest was held against the alleged MAGA (Make Amerikkka Great Again) hostile takeover at the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) in downtown Milwaukee, which resulted in the elimination of the Multicultural Student Services Office, that many MATC alumni believe it was the Soul and Heart of Diversity at the technical college, which provided crucial services to students of color from the Latino/Hispanic, African-American, Asian-American and Native-American communities. The Multicultural Student Services Office was eliminated by MATC President Dr. Anthony Cruz in late August 2025, and by September four student services specialists positions were eliminated. (Video of MATC protest, Monday, November 24, 2025 at link: https://youtu.be/SRET2niRdGA)

Since the termination of the four student service specialists, they filed a discrimination complaint against MATC with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Equal Rights Division claiming race discrimination. (Article link: https://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/11/four-former-student-services.html?m=0)

The Multicultural Student Services Office was replaced by the Office of Community Impact, which no longer provides the same student services as the previous Multicultural office did leaving a huge void at the campus, which bilingual services at the Community Impact are non-existent, since it can no longer focus of ethnic or race related services meaning that the Soul and Heart of Diversity at the technical college has been eliminated affecting students of color and disenfranchising and doing a disservice to the taxpayers from the communities of color who help pay for Dr. Cruz's $285,000 annual salary plus $50,000 bonus for travel expenses and other benefits. 

In other words, MATC can no longer strive as the most diverse technical college in Wisconsin, because Dr. Cruz eliminated ethnic and race related student services to comply with Trump's elimination of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs that multiple federal courts have ruled that it was illegal and unconstitutional, including that Trump couldn't withhold federal funding to universities and colleges. If they didn't  comply, because the U.S. Department of Education federal guidelines violated free speech in classrooms.

It appears that a MAGA hostile takeover has infiltrated the MATC president's office, the administration at the technical college and the majority of the MATC Board of Trustees who are in mission to eliminate all Diversity programs at the college. It also appears, that some bilingual courses are now being eliminated as well, according to sources at MATC. For example, Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) learned that MATC eliminated a bilingual economic course for next year, despite having more than 75 students on a waiting list. How many other bilingual courses at MATC are facing the same fate.

On the contrary to MATC eliminating ethnic and race related service programs, Dr. Cruz had been pushing to get MATC certified as a 25% Hispanic Serving Institute in order to receive federal funding. How ironic!

Student population stats: MATC has about 63% majority minority student population including 24% of Hispanic student population.

MATC just released a video ad promo (alleged propaganda) with Dr. Cruz, which is very misleading with no mention of being a diverse technical college serving communities of color. Most likely, Cruz who is a Latino from Florida who came to Milwaukee for a job isn't to very proud today to be the president at MATC.

He has repeatedly ignored the communities of color demands to restore the Multicultural Student Services and restore the positions of the four student service specialists that were unjustly terminated. Dr. Cruz reluctance to meet and work with the communities of color will eventually lead to his failure at MATC. So far, Dr. Cruz hasn't done anything significant to earn his salary today.

Check out the current MATC video with a misleading narrative to promote the college, but in reality, after the smoke clears, we can definitely see the truth, that MATC is facing an alleged MAGA hostile takeover with a mission (agenda) to eliminate all Diversity programs. (MATC promo video posted in YouTube: https://youtu.be/I_XH5uiJiIQ)

Today, Dr. Cruz, the MATC administration and the majority of the MATC Board of Trustees are on a mission to eliminate (erase) all Diversity programs and cultural activities at the technical college, disenfranchising the communities of color and students, which is also a disservice to local taxpayers.

In the MATC YouTube video, it shows students of color, but the fact is Dr. Cruz eliminated the Multicultural Student Services Office in late August 2025 without first informing the surrounding communities of color (betraying community trust), which provided student services to students of color, but yet Dr. Cruz says in the video, he is working for their success and community trust. How ironic!

Also Dr. Cruz indicates, MATC is working for the well being of its employees, but the fact is that four former Multicultural Student Service specialists recently filed discrimination complaints with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Equal Rights Division. (Press conference video:  https://youtu.be/VyTtNJw0H9s)

Dr. Cruz and the MATC Board have heard employees, faculty and others testify before them about the continued hostile work environment at MATC, work place discrimination and retaliation practices against employees who complain, and the continued practice by the administration of not promoting part-time faculty to full-time within the technical college and etc... (MATC Board public comments testimony links: https://youtu.be/ed93-NODo8M and https://youtu.be/Lm_ImpZGXn4)

MATC Alumni and community activist Samuel A. Alford public comment testimony regarding the elimination of the Multicultural Student Services Office by MATC President  Dr. Cruz, during the November 24, 2025 MATC Board of Trustees meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

(https://youtu.be/6B-Mndm0Afc)

The members of the MATC Board of Trustees are, Erica L. Case, Chairperson; Citlali Mendieta-Ramos, Vice-Chairperson; Dr. Waleed Najeeb, Secretary; Gail Pence, Treasurer; Lauren Baker; Mark F. Foley and Wisconsin State Representative Supreme Moore-Omokunde (D-Milw). (MATC Board of Directors | MATC https://share.google/JBtolZmTGaz4lo885)