“As long as this shit keeps happening, then I’ll do what I can,” artist Ivan Flores says about tattooing political artwork while fundraising to support resistance movements. Full story coming soon to lataco.com 🎥: Izzy Ramirez and Erwin Recinos
Izzy Ramirez
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Writer, photographer, SoCal ICE Tracker 👁️ Reporter for L.A. TACO 📸 📍𝕷𝖔𝖘 𝕬𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖘 “Until death, all defeat is psychological.”
A shooting he had no knowledge of and a case of mistaken identity cost Luis Salinas his freedom. Then, another man confessed to the shooting. Will a judge free Salinas? Read the full 10,000 word investigation: lataco.com/luis-salinas...
The Whole 'Hood Knows He's Innocent. Will He Finally Be Freed After 20 Years In Prison? ~ L.A. TACO
A shooting he had no knowledge of and a case of mistaken identity cost him his freedom. Then, the actual shooter confessed. Will a judge free him?
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According to a report by the L.A. Times, Mark Walter—owner of the Dodgers—has entirely divested from GEO Group, the corporation operating two ICE facilities near Los Angeles. 🎥: Izzy Ramirez
having fun with some pictures i took in LA 2025-2026 #photography #latino #mexican #chicano #streetphotography #losangeles
Thanks to the incredible @izzymirez.bsky.social for including our fundraiser in this incredible write up of places you can and should get a tattoo in LA sharing ur sentiments about ICE ✨😘 lataco.com/anti-ice-tat...
7 Tattoo Artists in L.A. Resisting ICE Through Flash Sheets ~ L.A. TACO
There's never been a better time to get a sick tattoo that says "F8CK ICE" in Los Angeles than right now.
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UPDATE: The LAPD officer at the center of this story -- Vincent Deglinnocenti -- is no longer an LAPD officer. Last month he surrendered his license to be a cop in CA. This comes a year after my reporting pushed the LAPD to investigate Deglinnocenti for pulling a gun on a teen. @lataco.bsky.social
Shot On 35mm@shoton35mm.bsky.social · 2y agoEXCLUSIVE: How an alcohol-fueled underage prom party, led to a fight between a high school campus supervisor and their own daughter, and an off-duty LAPD officer threatening to kill a 17-year-old girl. All before the officer was allegedly shot. @lataco.bsky.social lataco.com/lapd-officer...
The Israel-founded group behind Miznon is expanding its L.A. footprint with a new location, despite protests accusing the restaurant of rebranding Palestinian cuisine, and highlighting its founders’ ties to massacres in Gaza. The full story: lataco.com/miznon-expan... By @abemarquez.bsky.social
Earlier today at the Consulate of Mexico in L.A., the family of Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano shared some words about his recent passing while in custody at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center. His wife spoke briefly in Spanish about the inhumane and painful conditions of her late husband’s death.
This might be the longest Bluesky thread I have ever seen.
Pacific Antifascist Research Collective@pacantifa.is · 7mo agoFrank Figueroa, 49, the ICE Special Agent in Charge in Central Florida, pleaded no contest in 2006 to indecent exposure after exposing his genitals and masturbating while staring at a 16-year-old girl in an Orlando mall food court. Figueroa avoided a formal conviction and retired with full pension.
Sorry for the late repost to here — at least 14 people were taken in Southern California today. On 15500 Merrill Ave in Fontana, it was later discovered to be two kidnappings per @fontana.decolonized on IG, making today's minimum total of 14 kidnappings in the Southern California area.
At least 10 people have died in ICE detention during the first 60 days of 2026… that we know of. The horrors don’t end after being kidnapped on the street, it’s only the beginning.
Otay Mesa "Detention Center" (prison camp) in San Diego, CA: lataco.com/captive-loti...
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
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Federal immigration activity ramps up this week; since Monday, immigration agents have been spotted all over Los Angeles and other surrounding counties.
Please comment below anything I missed. They were everywhere today. Thanks
At least 10 people were taken by federal immigration agents in the Echo Park and Silver Lake area this past Friday, according to the Echo Park Local, a chapter of the Los Angeles Tenants Union. The full story: lataco.com/ten-people-t... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Feel free too comment anything I missed below, thank you
Gabriel Garcia Aviles would pass away just ten days later, leaving a grieving family with a lot of unanswered questions. The full story: lataco.com/second-death... By Izzy Ramirez
Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos. By @eltragon.bsky.social