Archive for August 17th, 2007
Fake ICE agent who held family captive pleads guilty
5:21 pm By Maegan La Mala · California|crime|Immigration · Comments Off
17 Aug 2007
A Sacramento man pretending to be an immigration agent charged for illegally holding an immigrant family captive in a hotel overnight has pleaded guilty:
Jeremy Christian Brickner, 30, entered guilty pleas last week before U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco to impersonating a federal agent and being a felon in possession of a firearm.Brickner admitted that Eugene Kesselman hired him to arrest Kesselman’s estranged wife and her 10-year-old daughter on the basis that an immigration judge had issued an order for their deportation.
On May 11, 2006, Brickner falsely identified himself as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent, arrested the mother and daughter in San Francisco and detained them overnight in a hotel room in South San Francisco where they spent the night.
Fat Joe is a Big Fat Diva
2:47 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Chismes|Miami · 1 Comment
17 Aug 2007
At least according to Stereohyped he is.
There is nothing more mystifying than when a rapper like Fat Joe plays the diva card and brings an entourage of 30 people to a less-than-top-tier awards show like the Ozone Awards, and then insists that the red carpet be shut down while he makes his way down it.
Via / Stereohyped
Benito Juarez gets a new look
17 Aug 2007Perhaps a nod to Mexico‘s supposed newfound modernity, the 20 peso bills of old are getting major redesign. Here’s how they currently look:
See Benito’s new look after the jump.
The death toll from the 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Peru continues to rise and is now is placed officially around 510 , although many speculate the number could rise. Most of the dead, around 300, come from the area of Pisco, which according to the mayor of that city, is 70 percent destroyed.
Peruvian and other organizations across the United States are offering ways to aid the Peruvian people. The Peruvian Consulate in Los Angeles has set up a bank account for relief donations (Bank of America # 2260 00 2496 03).
In New York City the Mexican organization Tepeyac ( 212 633-7108) is accepting donations for Peru.
Via / The New York Times
& El Diario/ La Prensa
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