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A Lesbian Couple from Texas Was Tortured & Killed in Mexico; Suspects Arrested

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJanuary 31, 2022

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJanuary 31, 2022022538

Violence against women and members of the LGBTQIA+ continues throughout Latin America and the rate is startling even with just a month into the new year. Recently, a lesbian couple from Texas was found dismembered and killed in the city...

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Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise Assassinated Amid Political Unrest

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJuly 7, 2021July 12, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJuly 7, 2021July 12, 202102724

Update: A Haitian national was arrested in connection with the murder of President Moise on Sunday, July 12. Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 63, who was living in Florida but flew to Haiti by private plane early in June, with the intention...

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‘Soho Karen’ Miya Ponsetto Pleads Not Guilty to Hate Crime Charges

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJuly 1, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonJuly 1, 2021016282

Miya Ponsetto, 22, made headlines back in late December when she tackled a 14-year-old Black boy in the lobby of a Soho hotel in New York City after wrongly accusing him of stealing her cell phone which was later found...

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Family Demands Justice After 18-Year-Old Latina’s Body Found in Riverbed

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 16, 2021May 6, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 16, 2021May 6, 2021011777

The body of 18-year-old Aisha Nava Míreles was found under a bridge in Los Angeles on March 29, 2021, and despite clear signs of a struggle and her family’s suspicions that she was kidnapped and murdered, police have closed the...

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Karol Sanchez Reportedly Admits Kidnapping was a Hoax

Virginia IsaadDecember 17, 2019July 9, 2020

by Virginia IsaadDecember 17, 2019July 9, 202001687

In about 12 hours, 16-year-old Karol Sanchez was kidnapped in the Bronx and then found near the area where she was taken around 11:20 p.m while walking alongside her mother, 36, on Monday. The shocking surveillance footage showed Sanchez being...

Culture

How To Talk To Kids About Violence, Crime And War

HipLatinaApril 17, 2018October 14, 2020

by HipLatinaApril 17, 2018October 14, 20202 1210

Mass shootings. Nuclear weapons. A robbery at your local corner store. Where do you start when you have to explain this stuff to your kids? Today, issues involving violence, crime, and war — whether they’re in popular shows, video games,...

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Teen Girls Are Sending Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz Fan Mail And Love Letters In Jail

Irina GonzalezMarch 29, 2018October 23, 2020

by Irina GonzalezMarch 29, 2018October 23, 202002448

Nikolas Cruz, the teen suspect who killed 17 people last month in a Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Hight School in Parkland, Florida, is apparently attracting fan mail and love letters from people who are offering friendship, encouragement, hundreds of...