Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Philip Echevarria Charged With 1st-degree reckless homicide Over A Name Calling And Cigarette Dispute In Milwaukee

Homicide suspect murdered victim over a name calling and cigarette.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

September 30, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - Philip Echevarria, 23, was charged with one felony count of 1st-degree reckless homicide for the September 21, 2020, homicide at the 3600 block of W. National Avenue. The victim was involved in a verbal argument with Echevarria and another suspect. Echevarria, fired shots subsequently striking the victim. The victim, a 37-year-old man from Milwaukee, sustained fatal injuries. Both suspects, including a 20-year-old man, were arrested a short time after the homicide. A gun was recovered. 

If convicted, Echevarria is facing up to 60 years in prison and a $50,000 cash bail was set.

According to the criminal complaint, Echevarria confessed on firing the weapon without realizing that the safety on the trigger was off. 

Echevarria and the victim got into a verbal confrontation over the victim calling him a name and a cigarette request by the suspect. Echevarria attempted to scare the victim, but ended up killing him over the dispute.

Undocumented Children In ICE Cages, Illegal Sterilizations Of Undocumented Women At ICE Detention Centers, Lack Of COVID-19 Stimulus Relief For Undocumented Taxpayers And Comprehensive Immigration Reform Left Out Of The First Biden And Trump U.S. Presidential Debates 2020

Latinos/Hispanics and Immigration Reform left out of the first U.S. Presidential Debates 2020

September 30, 2020

Both presidential candidates, Joe Biden (D) and Donald Trump (R-MAGA) failed to discuss or even mention Comprehensive Immigration Reform, U.S.ICE immigration enforcement systematic racism or the plight that undocumented immigrants and their children are enduring while detained by ICE and private contractors including undocumented women being illegally sterilized while in U.S. ICE centers including federal contract facilities and children of undocumented parents placed in cages during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Trump administration and ICE have systematically failed to reunite thousands of separated children with their deported or detained undocumented parents, which a federal judge has ruled for ICE to release and reunite the children with their undocumented parents.

According to commercialized mainstream media, COVID-19 is spreading and surging in ICE detention centers and federal/private prisons where undocumented immigrants are held.

Also neither Biden and Trump offered COVID-19 stimulus relief for undocumented taxpayers who have been suffering from the high rate of unemployment and business failure of no fault of their own including millions of unemployed U.S. workers and the failing small businesses throughout the nation, but due to the Coronavirus pandemic under Trump's mishandling of the COVID-19 surge and spread.

Biden called Trump, a liar, clown, a racist and to asked him  to "shut up" during Trump's bullying tactic during the debate to interrupt him while he was speaking. Trump also  said that he paid millions of dollars of taxes in 2016, when in fact he only paid $750 in taxes and $0 taxes for a decade due to claiming loses of business revenue, according to the NY Times. 

Biden and his Vice-presidential candidate Kamela Harris from the Democratic Presidential ticket released their income tax filings for 2019 earlier in the day before the debate. Trump has refused to release his income tax filings.

Before and after Poll results: CNN reporting Biden as the winner of the first debacle debate with 60% compared to Trump with 28%.

Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

Friday, September 25, 2020

Feds Charge 26 Suspects For Drug-trafficking And Possession Of Dangerous Weapons To Commit Violent Crimes In The Milwaukee Area And Wisconsin

The 26 suspects engaged in drug-trafficking and distribution between Milwaukee and California.

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

September 25, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, as part of Operation Legend, U.S. Attorney Krueger in Wisconsin announced in a press release that an unsealed criminal complaint named, 26 defendants (suspects) who have been charged with offenses related to a violent drug-trafficking organization that obtained multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine and marijuana from California for distribution in the Milwaukee area.  As alleged, after distributing the drugs in the Milwaukee area, certain defendants shipped drug proceeds through the U.S. Postal Service to co-conspirators in California.  Multiple defendants possessed and brandished firearms during the course of the drug trafficking conspiracy. 

Included among the defendants is Louis R. Perez III, also known as "Eight Ball," who is alleged to be a Mexican Posse gang member and the current leader of the nationwide drug trafficking organization.  Several other Mexican Posse gang members have also been charged and arrested, including Manuel Soto and Antonio Rodriguez, who both allegedly distributed controlled substances in the Milwaukee area.  Two California-based defendants, Julian Sanchez and Miguel Sarabia, are alleged to have supplied the drugs for distribution from California.  

On September 22, 2020, federal, state, and local law enforcement officers executed arrest and search warrants related to this operation.  Twenty-one of the defendants are now in custody.  Law enforcement officers also executed over two dozen search warrants in Wisconsin and California, resulting in the recovery of at least 33 firearms, including a stolen Milwaukee Police Department firearm and a firearm with an obliterated serial number.  As part of the operation, law enforcement also recovered over 700 grams of heroin from one location, as well as additional heroin, cocaine, and marijuana from other locations.  Law enforcement also recovered approximately $170,000 in U.S. currency.

The following defendants are charged in the complaint:

• Louis Rey PEREZ III, 23, Milwaukee, WI

• Xina YANG, 22, Milwaukee, WI

• Julian SANCHEZ, 24, Costa Mesa, CA

• Miguel SARABIA, 45, Norwalk, CA

• Gabriel MATTESON, 22, La Mirada, CA

• Louis Rey PEREZ, JR., 46, Milwaukee, WI

• Manuel SOTO, 28, Milwaukee, WI

• Hauseng YANG, 18, Milwaukee, WI

• Antonio RODRIGUEZ, 21, Milwaukee, WI

• Hector ARENAS, 27, Milwaukee, WI

• Luis F. GOMEZ, JR., 19, Milwaukee, WI

• Ivan J. GALAN, 27, Milwaukee, WI

• Jose A. ALVARADO, 23, Milwaukee, WI

• Esteban REYES, 46, Milwaukee, WI

• Kevin TAYLOR, 28, Milwaukee, WI

• Ma YANG, 32, Milwaukee, WI

• Mary YANG, 29, Milwaukee, WI

• Jasmine L. PEREZ, 28, Milwaukee, WI

• Michael BUB, 33, Milwaukee, WI

• Chong YANG, 28, Milwaukee, WI

• Michele M. HART, 55, Milwaukee, WI

• Mercedes HERBERT  GONZALEZ, 29, Milwaukee, WI

• Azia YANG, 18, Milwaukee, WI

• Carina RODRIGUEZ, 20, Milwaukee, WI

• Ger YANG, 20, Milwaukee, WI

• Shayla A. KNUEPPEL, 24, Milwaukee, WI

All defendants are charged in a conspiracy to distribute at least 5 kilograms of cocaine or 1000 kilograms of marijuana.  If convicted, the defendants face a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and up to life in prison.  Certain defendants are also charged in a conspiracy to launder money.  The penalties for that offense include up to 20 years in prison.  Certain defendants are charged with possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.  If convicted of those firearms charges, the defendants face a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and up to life in prison. 

The defendants were charged based on a long-term investigation led by law enforcement agents and officers from the North Central High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Waukesha County Sheriff's Office, the Milwaukee Police Department, and the Greenfield Police Department.  Law enforcement resources allocated by Operation Legend contributed to the investigation and today's enforcement operation.  Assistant United States Attorney Elizabeth Monfils and Assistant United States Attorney Gail Hoffman are prosecuting the case.

Federal criminal complaint (237 pages of indictments) link: https://bit.ly/3iauFqF

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Tenorio Brothers, Both Suspects Of A Home Invasion Were Killed By Resident In Waukegan

Both the Tenorio brothers were killed during a home invasion.

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

September 24, 2020

Waukegan, Illinois - The Waukegan Police Department released the following press release in connection with the Tenorio brothers deaths during a home invasion. On September 22, 2020, the Waukegan Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division (CID) began an investigation into a Home Invasion/Double Homicide that occurred at a single-family home in the 100 block of Frolic Ave.

Based on the investigation, so far, CID Investigators believe that Christian Tenorio, 36, and Jimmy Tenorio, 34, both from Waukegan arrived at the single-family home on Frolic Ave., specifically, to confront a possible occupant of that home.  Christian and Jimmy are brothers.

CID believes that Christian and Jimmy arrived at the home and knocked on the door.  The door was answered by a female victim, in her 30s, who rents the home.  Christian and Jimmy then forced their way into the home.  Christian, at this point, displayed a loaded revolver handgun.

The female victim began to yell for help.  A male victim, in his 30s, who rents the basement, heard the commotion and went upstairs with a loaded semi-automatic pistol.  The male victim then confronts the Tenorio brothers and shoots Christian.  

At this point, Jimmy retrieved the loaded revolver handgun and began to drag Christian out of the home.  The male victim retreated and then returned with a loaded assault style rifle.  The male victim and Jimmy exchange gunfire.  

Both brothers were pronounced dead on the scene, by apparent gunfire, in the front yard of the home.  

The female victim and male victim both have valid FOID cards.  Neither Tenorio possessed a valid FOID.

During the incident, the female victim was babysitting a small toddler.  The toddler was not injured.  The female victim was also dog sitting a small 3-pound dog.  The dog ran out during the incident, but has been returned unharmed.  Neither victims were injured.  There is a third roommate at the home, however that roommate was not home during the incident.         

CID has determined that the single-family home was the intended target of the incident.  However, both victims and the third roommate, from the home, do not know why the brothers would target the home.

CID is not releasing the number of rounds exchanged during this incident.  It is being classified as, "multiple".  
       
CID is still investigating and the case is considered open and active.  Once the investigation has been completed, it will be presented to the Lake County Illinois State's Attorney's Office for review. 


Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Suspect Sought For The Eastside Homicide Of Immigration Attorney Jason T. Cleereman In Milwaukee

Cleereman was fatally shot by an unknown suspect during a confrontation in the Eastside of Milwaukee.

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

September 23, 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, Jason T. Cleereman, 54, an immigration and divorce attorney was fatally shot in the head by an unknown suspect in an apparent road rage around 7:45p.m. at E. Brady St. and N. Holton St., according to Milwaukee police.

Cleereman apparently was the passenger of a vehicle whose wife was the driver and she witnessed the shooting.

Cleereman practiced law for 22 years and was the former Board Chairman of the Southside Organizing Center (SOC) and an active Board member, according to SOC.

According to police, the murder suspect is described as an African-American male, 30-35 years of age, 6’-6'02", 190-200 pounds, thin build and black hair. He was last seen wearing a black hooded vest, white t-shirt with a design on front and jeans. He was riding a dark colored bicycle and was armed with a gun. 

The suspect (A bicyclist) was involved in an altercation with Cleereman, the victim and fired shots subsequently striking the him, causing the Cleereman’s death.  




Monday, September 21, 2020

Facebook Disabled H. Nelson Goodson's Personal Account For No Just Cause, Hispanic Activist In Milwaukee Claims Mark Zuckerberg And FB Administration Are Trump MAGA Friendly, Time To Boycott FB

Zuckerberg and its Trump MAGA (Make America Great Again/Keep America Great) influence administration are attempting to silence progressive Latinos on its Facebook social media platform in the U.S. ahead of the November 2020 election.

Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA)

September 21, 2020

Menlo Park, California - On September 17, 2020, Facebook (FB) administrators contacted H. Nelson Goodson, a Hispanic community activist, civil rights and immigrant rights journalist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin via email that his appeal was reviewed and a decision to disable his personal FB account was initiated and final. For one thing, Goodson never filed or send in an appeal about his account simply because he was never contacted that he had violated FB's Community Standards or any of its policies.

Goodson said that on September 15, he noticed that he could not post anything on his H Nelson Goodson personal FB account after a message post that pop up indicated that FB was doing a identity confirmation of his account for security purposes since, he gets a lot of traffic and thousands of Worldwide FB users follow his postings on multiple FB pages including  the popular Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) FB page that he administrates as well.

Goodson has multiple internet news blogs and websites where anyone can get access to read alternative news that the commercialized and advertising controlled mainstream media fails to report at times in order to avoid  losing advertising dollars.

Goodson just celebrated more than 37 years in Journalism and being an investigative reporter in the U.S.

On Goodson's personal FB account, he has had numerous social media links connected, which definitely confirms his actual identity, but the MAGA influenced FB administrators ignored its content and links.

Goodson was asked by FB to download a government issued ID, whether a State ID or a Passport ID on FB to confirm his identity. Goodson downloaded his U.S. Passport ID card proving who he was and is a U.S. Citizen as well. Since, FB is a private corporation or company and not a government agency, Goodson red acted some vital information on his U.S. Passport ID that included the ID card number, but kept his partial name on the ID as it appears on FB to prevent identity theft due to FB keeping and storing the ID, which FB has a history of getting its users information compromised by hackers, which have stolen and exposed users account info.

To date, FB nor Zuckerberg have contacted Goodson to explain why did they disabled his personal account without due process or just cause, but what can anyone expect from a private corporation including Zuckerberg who supports Trump and is considered a Trump MAGA supporter as well that doesn't hold Trump accountable for posting and buying ads with false information indicating that Zuckerberg values making a profit more than enforcing his FB's own Community Standards about using FB to promote false information for political purposes, advocating hate and devision in Trump's White Nationalist Amerikkka today. What can FB users expect when Zuckerberg has even hired former MAGA FOX News employees to manage FB's news content.

Latino MAGAs in Wisconsin on August 2019 created a FB fake MAGA Hispanic News Network USA page mimicking the actual HNNUSA administered by Goodson to promote Nazi propaganda and hate towards members of the Hispanic community in Milwaukee and around the state. Goodson and other FB users reported it to FB, including that the MAGA fake FB page had its link connected directly to the Trump's reelection campaign donation website, and so far, FB has not disabled it or deleted to date indicating the double standards used by FB under Zuckerberg.

Multiple former FB employees have come out public and exposed Zuckerberg's double standards and his lack of enforcement to hold Trump accountable for buying millions of dollars of false Trump campaign advertising on FB.

Today, Zuckerberg doesn't believe that FB should be an arbitrator for truth, according to an interview.

The question remains, why was Goodson's personal FB account disabled and targeted by Zuckerberg's FB MAGA influence and its administrators?

Feel free to contact FB and asked them why was Goodson's personal FB account disabled? Goodson would also like to know as well.

Also, it's time that FB users  to actually Boycott Facebook for its use of fake news and Trump advertising double standards and not having an actual FB user friendly due process to appeal its decisions including its Trump MAGA influence in their management administration!

In the second quarter of 2020, FB made $18.7B, while more than 1,000 companies (advertisers) boycotted FB during the #StopHateForProfit organized by civil rights groups that urged companies to stop paying for ads on Facebook in July to protest the platform’s handling of hate speech and misinformation. It cost FB nearly $1B in advertising loss during the stop the hate for profit boycott in 2020.

Update: A federal lawsuit was filed in the federal court of the Eastern District of Wisconsin Tuesday, September 22, 2020 alleging that Facebook failed to delete two pages - the Kenosha Guard and the Boogaloo Bois - in time before allegedly racist and hateful content on their pages led dozens of armed people to Kenosha, including Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old from Antioc, Illinois who killed two BLM protesters and wounded a third, TMJ News reported.  


Saturday, September 19, 2020

300 Free Meals Given Out By Hungry Hearts Community Meals At The Milwaukee Southside Demascus Gate Restaurant

The Hungry Hearts Community Meals provides at least 300 free meals to anyone seeking a meal every Saturday in front of the Demascus Gate Restaurant in the Southside of Milwaukee. 

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

September 19, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - On Saturday, the Hungry Hearts Community Meals organization confirmed that at least 300 free meals are currently given out every Saturday in front of the Demascus Gate Restaurant in the Southside of Milwaukee for those that stop by around 11:00 a.m. to pick up a choice of various delicious free meals. 

The free meals are provided through donations from various religious groups and organizations including donations generated from a GoFundMe account.

The Demascus Gate Restaurant is located at 807 W. Historic Mitchell Street in Milwaukee.

Who makes the meals? HHCM pays $10 for each meal that is prepared by three participating local restaurants in the Southside and at least 19 local restaurants have participated to date in preparing meals for those in need, especially through the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the Hungry Hearts Community Meals (HHCM) GoFundMe page link: https://bit.ly/3hJNL6x 

The HHCM, is a collaboration with Tippecanoe Church, Divine Intervention, Amilinda, Tables Across Borders, and Damascus Gate currently has been providing free meals to Milwaukee's South Side during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Since May 2020, we have provided 300 meals every Saturday and are looking to continue our mission through Spring. Currently, we are funded through December, however, now we need the communities help to continue our mission. 

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Jeremiah Johnson And Diamond P. Harris, Both 17 Charged Along With Antoine Alphonse Jr. In Connection With Emilio Garza's Murder, A Milwaukee Southside Elote Street Vendor

Both Harris and Alphonse Jr. are facing life in prison and Johnson is facing 12 years in prison, if convicted for the August 28 homicide of Emilio Garza, birth name Filigonio Ramirez Montes, a Southside Elote street vendor.

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

September 16, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - On Wednesday, Jeremiah Johnson, 17, and Diamond P. Harris, 17, were charged with multiple felonies in connection with the August 28, 2020 murder of Emilio Garza, birth name Filigonio Ramirez Montes, a Southside Elote (corn on the cob) street vendor. Johnson was charged with two felony counts each for taking a vehicle without consent and party to a crime. If convicted, Johnson is facing up to 12 years in prison and up to $20,000 in fines. Johnson is out of custody and has a Milwaukee County court preliminary hearing on January 8, 2021.

Harris was charged with one count for felony murder while armed and party to a crime, one count for armed robbery and party to a crime and two counts each for taking vehicle without consent and party to a crime. If convicted, Harris is facing up to 107 years in prison and up to $210,000 in fines. Harris was set a $250,000 cash bail. Harris has a Milwaukee County court preliminary hearing on September 25, 2020.

Antoine Alphonse Jr., 30, was charged on September 8, 2020 for the murder of Ramirez Montes. Alphonse Jr. was charged with one felony count of 1st-degree intentional homicide including party to a crime and one felony count of armed robbery including party to a crime. If convicted, Alphonse Jr. is facing life in prison along with an additional 208 years in prison and he may be fined up to $450,000.

Alphonse Jr.'s bond was set at $200,000 cash. His Milwaukee County court preliminary hearing is set for September 17, 2020.

According to the criminal complaint, Alphonse Jr., was connected to the Ramirez Montes homicide case by forensic evidence of a spent 9mm casting recovered at an earlier armed robbery crime of a pizza delivery man on the same day. Alphonse Jr. is accused of firing multiple shots at the crime scene and police recovered 9mm castings at the scene where the pizza delivery man was robbed, which matched the same 9mm spent castings recovered at the Ramirez Montes homicide scene at the 2100 block of S. 11th Street.


Alphonse Jr. and Harris took more than $135 from Ramirez Montes after beating him, kicking him and firing 9 shots at the victim who died at the scene. The Ramirez Montes homicide was video recorded by an outdoor home video surveillance camera.


According to the autopsy report, Dr. Brian Peterson, a Forensic Pathologist for the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office, performed an autopsy on August 31, 2020 on the victim, Filigonio Ramirez Montes, and ruled his death a homicide. Dr. Peterson located nine gunshots to the victim which occurred to the right side of the victim's chest, outside left calf, inside left calf, left upper arm, left of back near arm pit, left side of back, right side of lower back, midline mid-back, and left side of groin.




Peter Berres, A Trump MAGA Supporter Arrested By Milwaukee Police For Pointing Rifle At Peaceful Protesters In Front Of His Home

Berres, a Trump MAGA supporter had drawn BLM and Brown peaceful protesters to his home in Milwaukee after insulting a Black neighbor. threatening him with a chainsaw and calling him the "N" word, which the incident was video recorded and posted on social media (Facebook).

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

September 16, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - On Wednesday, Peter Berres, 56, was booked in the Milwaukee County jail for pointing an alledged loaded long gun (rifle) at BLM and Brown peaceful protesters in front of his home on Tuesday where he has posted a Trump flag. Berres who has not been officially charged or identified by Milwaukee Police was taken into custody after protesters complained to police that Berres had pointed a long rifle at them after loading it on Tuesday. The protesters has gathered in front of Berres home after he called his Black neighbor who recently moved in the "N" (N_gger) word, while threatening him with a chainsaw on Monday and the incident was video recorded and posted on Facebook

Berres was first arrested for disorderly conduct while armed by police on Monday for threatening and wielding a chainsaw at his Black neighbor and later released, then on Tuesday, he was also taken into custody once again for allegedly pointing a loaded long gun at peaceful protesters.

Berres is facing multiple criminal charges for endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon while under the influence of an intoxicant, disorderly conduct while armed and bail jumping, and a $650 cash bail was set on Wednesday.

According to a press release by the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) regarding both incidents with Berres, on Monday, September 14, 2020, at approximately 4:25 p.m., Milwaukee Police responded to a residence located on the 3400 block of N. 80th Street regarding a trouble with subject call for service. The suspect (Berres) threatened to physically harm the victim (who is his neighbor) while wielding a chainsaw, causing the victim to fear for his safety. The suspect, a 56-year-old man from Milwaukee, was arrested for disorderly conduct while armed.  

On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at approximately 5:21 p.m., officers were dispatched to a demonstration at the same location where several individuals protested outside the suspect's residence.    

At approximately 8:30 p.m., the officers who were monitoring the protest were notified by a witness that the suspect (Berres) was inside his residence by a window and that the suspect motioned the long gun as if he chambered a round and then pointed the gun at the crowd. The video of the incident was subsequently broadcasted on several social media outlets. 

Officers made contact with the suspect and observed that he appeared to be intoxicated. He was subsequently arrested for endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon while under the influence of an intoxicant, disorderly conduct while armed and bail jumping. 

Criminal charges will be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office in the upcoming days.   

The Milwaukee Police Department continues to support the rights of those who choose to peacefully protest, according to MPD.

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Homicide Suspect Sought By Milwaukee Police For The Southside Shooting Death At The 1400 Block Of S. 4th Street

Homicide suspect got on a Milwaukee County bus and fled after fatally shooting victim in a vehicle.

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

September 15, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee police seeking a suspect wanted in a homicide that occurred on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at approximately 12:09 p.m., on the 1400 block of S. 4th Street.

The suspect is described as an African-American male, 20-25 years of age, 5'08 and 175 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants, dark shoes, facemask, white gloves and black/gray backpack. He was armed with a gun.

According to police, the suspect approached the victim's vehicle and fired several shots subsequently striking the victim. The victim was pronounced deceased on the scene. The suspect fled on foot and got into a bus.

Update: Milwaukee police is no longer seeking the suspect. 

Felix Questell's Death In June Ruled As Drug Related, His Body Was Found At A Milwaukee Southside Home

Questell's body was discovered at a Southside home where he was doing home improvements in June.

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

September 15, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - On June 24, 2020, the body of Felix Questell, 53, was discovered at a Southside home where he was working alone on home improvements. The cause of Questell's death has been determined as drug related,  according to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office report.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office on Tuesday confirmed to Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) that the immediate cause of Questell's death in June was determined as "heroin toxicity" and the other condition listed is "recent cocaine use," according to toxicology test results.

Questell was originally from Chicago and moved to Milwaukee in the 1980's. He was self-employed as a contractor and home improvement worker and was also a well known politically/non-politically outspoken community advocate in the Milwaukee Hispanic community.

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Antoine Alphonse Jr. Charged For The Murder Of Milwaukee Southside Elote Vendor Emilio Garza's Homicide, Victim's Birth Name Filigonio Ramirez Montes

Alphonse Jr. was connected to the elote vendor's murder by a 9mm spent cartridge left at an early armed robbery of a pizza delivery man, according to Milwaukee police.

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

September 9, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - On Tuesday, Antoine Alphonse Jr., 30, the suspected shooter that fatally shot Emilio Garza, 52, birth name Filigonio Ramirez Montes, a Southside popular elote (corn on the cob) street vendor on August 28, 2020 was booked at the Milwaukee County jail for multiple felony counts that includes one felony count of 1st-degree intentional homicide including party to a crime and one felony count of armed robbery including party to a crime. If convicted, Alphonse Jr. is facing life in prison along with an additional 45 years in prison and he may be fined up to $100,000.

Alphonse Jr.'s bond was set at $200,000 cash. A second suspect is sought in the homicide case.

Apparently, Alphonse Jr., an African-American was connected to the Ramirez Montes homicide case by forensic evidence of a spent 9mm casting recovered at an earlier armed robbery crime of a pizza delivery man on the same day. Alphonse Jr. is accused of firing multiple shots at the crime scene and police recovered 9mm castings at the scene where the pizza delivery man was robbed, which matched the same 9mm spent castings recovered at the Ramirez Montes homicide scene at the 2100 block of S. 11th Street.

Alphonse Jr. and another suspect took more than $135 from Ramirez Montes after beating him, kicking him and firing 9 shots at the victim who died at the scene. The Ramirez Montes homicide was video recorded by an outdoor home video surveillance camera.

According to the autopsy report, Dr. Brian Peterson, a Forensic Pathologist for the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office, performed an autopsy on August 31, 2020 on the victim, Filigonio Ramirez Montes, and ruled his death a homicide. Dr. Peterson located nine gunshots to the victim which occurred to the right side of the victim’s chest, outside left calf, inside left calf, left upper arm, left of back near arm pit, left side of back, right side of lower back, midline mid-back, and left side of groin.

Last week Saturday,  September 5, 2020, a group of Latinos, Whites and Blacks marched from the Butterfly Park at the 1300 block of W. Forest Home Ave. to the Milwaukee 2nd District Police Station at the 200 block of W. Lincoln Ave. seeking information about the Ramirez Montes homicide, but police locked the front doors  and Police Sgt. Geniesse who was at the station wouldn't open the doors nor speak to those seeking information about the homicide. No attempt was made by Sgt. Geniesse to speak to the people outside. 

After most of the Emilio march participants left, the police opened the doors again and then multiple people walked in to the station and address their concerns. Sgt. Geniesse did admit that he was the shift commander and did asked a woman to come in and talk to him, but the woman refused and wanted him or someone to come out and speak to them, which no one did. Sgt. Geniesse says that when he saw more than 20 people outside with signs, he took it as a threat and locked the doors to avoid any incident where prior protesters turned over machines at the police station, according to a video recording posted on Facebook

The new police captain at the 2nd District Police Station is David Salazar and the new Acting Milwaukee Police Chief is Michael Brunson.

Saturday, September 5, 2020

Milwaukee Cops Locked 2nd District Police Station Doors To Keep Hispanics, Whites And Blacks From Seeking Information About The Elote (corn on the cob) Street Vendor's Homicide In The Southside



Police at Milwaukee 2nd District Police Station under Captain Salazar locked the front doors to keep Hispanics, Whites and Blacks from seeking information in the shooting homicide death of Emilio Garza, also known as Filigonio Ramirez Montes, the Elote (corn on the cob) street vendor.

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

September 6, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - On Saturday, a march was held seeking Justice for Emilio Garza, known as Filigonio Ramirez Montes, 52, el Señor Elote Man, vendedor de elotes in the Southside of Milwaukee who was fatally shot multiple times during an armed robbery on August 28, 2020 at the 2100 block of S. 11th Street.

The modest march began at the Butterfly Park at the 1300 block of W. Forest Home Ave. to Milwaukee 2nd District Police Station.

No key organizer of Saturday's event for Emilio wanted to be identified.

The people seeking Justice for Emilio walked to the Milwaukee 2nd  District Police Station at 245 W. Lincoln Ave., but the front doors to the police station were locked. The diverse group of people wanted to speak to the immediate police supervisor, but Police Sgt. Geniesse would not open the door to speak to them. The recent appointed police Captain David Salazar nor the lieutenant of the shift weren't available. In other words, the 2nd District Police Station was not providing services to Latinos, Whites and Blacks, under acting Police Chief Michael Brunson.



Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Real Estate Developer Sherman-Associates In The Third Ward District Fired CPS Security Firm From Brookfield Due To Employee Racist Statements To Black Community Organizer From Milwaukee

The Central Protective Services (CPS) contract was terminated by Sherman-Associates from the Third Ward District after citizen complaints were posted on Facebook by the victim who was targeted with racist statements by a security guard from CPS.

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

September 2, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - On Monday, Jarrett English, a community organizer and a former ACLU-WI Field Organizer who is Black exposed a security guard with the Central Protective Services from Brookfield who made some racist statements towards him, including a father and daughter who were with English at the time of the incident. The security guard told English and his companions that they were "out of our element". English kept his composure, but later decided to exposed the incident in his Facebook (FB) account in which he called multiple security guards as "acting like thugs looking to make trouble for any non-White person they see. As you can imagine they didn't say anything to multiple White folks that passed by."

English says that one of them (the far left security guard in the photo) had approached him while he was in his vehicle and tried to alleged that English was trying to hit him with the vehicle, which English denied.

English was able to contact (tagged) Alderman José Perez on FB and others were able to get the info out and the business, Sherman-Associates, a Minneapolis real estate developer in the Third Ward District who had a contract with CPS released a press release on Monday confirming that they condemned the racist statements made by the security guard and had terminated the contract with CPS.

According to CPS's FB account, they have a partnership between their Security Firm and the Milwaukee Police Department under Operation Impact to combat the issues of pan-handling, drug dealing and prostitution, that are plaguing area businesses. Which in some cases, complaints by Southside citizens have increased due to their tactics and practices used in public.