Bad cop’s report gets gay man sent to El Salvador prison

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Charles Cross Jr. was fired from the Milwaukee Police Department after crashing his car into his home while drunk in 2012 and placed on the list of officers with reliability issues, and currently works at Corecivic, a private prison contractor for immigration and customs enforcement.

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Cross has signed a report accusing 23-year-old Andry José Hernán de z Romero of being a member of the Tren de Aragua gang.

USA TODAY Cross had no formal gang training, but was tasked with identifying the suspect’s gang members within the ICE detention center. The report found Cross was investigating because of an overtime scam when he left the Milwaukee Police Department. Despite his records, he was hired by coreciv within months of his resignation and was given the authority to label immigrants as gang affiliates. This is a decision that could directly lead to deportation and imprisonment.

Hernandez Romero fled Venezuela last year after facing the threat of being gay and politically outspoken. He passed his first screening on asylum, but before he appeared in court, Ice removed him and flew around him – in Shackle – El Salvador’s Terrorist Confinement Centre (aka Cecot) LGBTQ+Detainees face serious risks, his lawyer said.

“These are tattoos that have a plausible explanation because he worked in the beauty contest industry,” Lindsey Tozzilovski said. I said CBS News ‘ 60 minutes. “The most plausible explanation is that his mom and dad are his king and queen.”

The incident has since attracted the attention of the public. MSNBC’s Rachel Madow She shines a spotlight on Hernández Romero’s missing disappear appearance Rachel Madou Show In March, she shared a photo of him as a makeup artist and reported that he had disappeared into Salvador’s prison system without an exile order or court hearing.

Federal officials warn that the government is seeing more than tattoos to identify members of Tren de Aragua. USA TODAY Report. However, the government has not provided any other evidence to support the allegations that gays are gang members.

Photos published by time Hernandez Romero shows crying inside Secotte, reportedly saying, “I’m not a gang member. I’m a gay. I’m a stylist.”

Toczylowski said 60 minutes Her client “just disappears” from US ice detention

“One day he was there, and the next day we were supposed to have a courtroom and he couldn’t be brought to court,” she said. “It’s scary to see people we know as sweet and funny artists in the most frightening situations I can imagine.”

Advocates have made life-changing decisions by denouncement of the use of private contractors like Cross.

“That resolve must be made by those responsible within [the Department of Homeland Security],” said Greg Chen of the American Immigration Bar Association. USA TODAY.