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East Bay vigil honors those who died in ICE custody on Dia de los Muertos
KTVU ^ | November 1, 2025 | Betty Yu

Posted on 11/02/2025 12:39:07 PM PST by artichokegrower

CONCORD, Calif. - On Dia de los Muertos – or the Day of the Dead – dozens of people gathered at Todos Santos Plaza in Concord to honor 25 people who have died in ICE detention this year.

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We American citizens are participating in our own remembrance 48-year-old Santiago Lopez Morales was shot and killed, and a woman was held at gunpoint and sexually assaulted during a motel crime spree by Yosguar Aponte-Jimenez, Jose Trivino-Cruz, and Jesus Bellorin-Guzman of Venezuela in Texas in 2025 . 37-year-old Megan Bos was found decapitated and hidden in a bleach-filled storage container after being reported missing, allegedly by Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez of Mexico in Illinois in 2025.

42-year-old Maria Pleitez and her 11-year-old daughter, Dayanara, were both killed in a car crash caused by Raul Luna-Perez of Mexico in New Jersey in 2025.

15-year-old Luis Jocsan Nanez Lopez was shot and killed while trying to protect his mother from an attempted rape by Gildardo Amandor-Martinez of Mexico in Kentucky in 2025. Amandor-Martinez also assaulted Luis’s sister with a firearm.

A man suffered life-threatening stab wounds after being attacked during a public soccer game by Jefferson Javier Lopez-Tinoco of Honduras in Maryland in 2025.

A woman was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by Jose Maldonado-Zavala of Honduras in Texas in 2025.

A child was stalked and raped by Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez of Columbia in New York in 2025.

18-year-old Hallie Helgeson and 19-year-old Brady Heiling were both killed in a car crash caused by Noelia Saray Martinez-Avila of Honduras in Wisconsin in 2025.

1 posted on 11/02/2025 12:39:07 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Are they remembering those who died being transported and held by the “coyotes” and cartels?

Just curious.


2 posted on 11/02/2025 12:40:57 PM PST by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of philosophy.)
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To: artichokegrower

And the libtards have the nerve to honor criminal illegal aliens?! Give me a break!


3 posted on 11/02/2025 12:53:29 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: madison10

Aside from their families, who mourns for the thousands killed, raped, trafficked, robbed, assaulted etc. by illegals? It would seem that “For Whom the Bell Tolls” only applies to illegal aliens.


4 posted on 11/02/2025 12:58:21 PM PST by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: madison10

How about those Americans who died because of the illegal aliens...


5 posted on 11/02/2025 1:05:54 PM PST by Bikkuri
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To: artichokegrower

Figures. No mention of the innocents that died at the hands of drug cartels, or human traffickers.


6 posted on 11/02/2025 1:07:51 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: artichokegrower

I remember what California used to be like growing up there in the 1970’s and 1980’s before it became a Latin American country. Third World people bringing their Third World ways to a First World country. What could of possibly have gone wrong for California when they allowed millions of Mexicans and others from Central America to pour into the state illegally? Well, I guess we know the answer to that!


7 posted on 11/02/2025 1:10:03 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: Bikkuri

Exactly.


8 posted on 11/02/2025 2:09:31 PM PST by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of philosophy.)
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To: No name given
And the libtards have the nerve to honor criminal illegal aliens?! Give me a break!

The WORST thing Biden did was to open our southern border.
It was the biggest break the Cartels had in EONS.

Too bad so many Americans "need" drugs. Too bad they can't live on the love of our dear Lord and live the life He wants us to live.

Toss out ALL the illegal aliens and let them return LEGALLY.
WHAT a concept.

9 posted on 11/02/2025 2:25:35 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: Bikkuri

What Bikkuri said.


10 posted on 11/02/2025 2:26:23 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: dowcaet
Victor Davis Hanson has talked about how before the 1980s, Mexican agriculture workers would
come during the summer months and during the harvest. They had temporary work permits, and
they would return to Mexico when the season was over. Win-win for farmers and laborers.



11 posted on 11/02/2025 2:31:50 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: artichokegrower

The implication is, of course, that they died because ICE murdered them. They either died after assaulting ICE agents, were killed by fellow inmates, or would have died anyway.

That’s assuming that these people died in ICE custody. These people lie a lot.


12 posted on 11/02/2025 4:01:15 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.”)
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To: artichokegrower

Hypocrisy on display. What about the citizens that have been murdered by these criminals/illegals? Are they being remembered?


13 posted on 11/02/2025 6:18:36 PM PST by gildafarrell ("No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.")
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