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NEW: Body cam footage shows the rough arrest that preceded Royer Perez-Jimenez’s transfer to ICE detention.
The 19-year-old became one of the youngest people to die in ICE custody last week.
Alex DeLuca
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Alex DeLuca
@AlexLDeLuca
Joined July 2011
- New w/ @joshceb: The man attacked last night while canvassing for @marcorubio has been ID'd as Christopher Monzon, ex-member of the white supremacist group League of the South.
- BREAKING: Miami GOP strategist Barbara "Barby" Balmaseda has been arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
- NEW: Barbara "Barby" Balmaseda — a Miami GOP strategist with ties to the far-right Proud Boys — has been indicted by a grand jury over her role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
- Replying to @AlexLDeLucaDespite Rubio's tweet about the incident, the police report does not mention a political dispute, nor does it indicate that Monzon was targeted because he's a Republican.
- Replying to @AlexLDeLucaKnown as the "Cuban Confederate," Monzon was arrested in 2017 after reportedly charging at a crowd with a Confederate flag during a Confederate street-name protest in Hollywood. He also reportedly attended the deadly Unite the Right rally weeks earlier.
- Breaking: A @UF student has been detained by ICE. It appears to be the first reported case of a Florida college student being detained by the agency amid Trump’s latest immigration crackdown.
- Breaking: The former campaign manager for failed Miami-Dade mayoral hopeful Alex Otaola (@alexotaola) has been arrested and charged with having sex with a minor.
- BREAKING: Irv Gotti, cofounder of Murder Inc. Records, the hip-hop label once home to stars Ja Rule and Ashanti, has been accused of rape.
- Replying to @AlexLDeLucaBalmaseda, a 23-year-old former FIU student, previously interned for @marcorubio and served as campaign manager for @IleanaGarciaUSA's 2020 state Senate race. She was also the director at-large for @MiamiYRs.
- Replying to @AlexLDeLuca @marcorubio and 2 othersNotably, Balmaseda was photographed inside and around the Capitol on Jan. 6 alongside members of the Proud Boys, including Gabriel Garcia.
- Replying to @AlexLDeLucaIn a 139-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said the law violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments by barring FL educators from expressing certain viewpoints in university classrooms. "This is positively dystopian," he wrote.
- New: The Lee County Sheriff’s Office opted not to evacuate its downtown Fort Myers jail despite being in a mandatory evacuation zone. Forecasts suggested the downtown area could see a storm surge of 9+ feet.
- Replying to @AlexLDeLucaReplying to @JoshCebNew Times visited HCA Florida Kendall Hospital with other reporters with an invitation from Christopher's family and the hospital spokesperson. But when we got to his room, we were blocked from entering by two members of the Vice City Proud Boys
