Memo Torres

Memo Torres

@eltragon.bsky.social

Journalist & Dir @lataco.bsky.social . The Daily Memo. Apple Maps 'Where Memo Eats'. Seen on Netflix, KCRW. Former landscaper. Finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award https://solo.to/eltragon

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That Noma chef came to L.A. and found out L.A. don’t play.

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Daily Memo: While ICE Lays Low, They’re Still Active While Building Up Its Fleet, Offices, and Detention Centers

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Daily Memo: They Met in ICE Detention. Despite a Language Barrier, These Women's Bond Helped Them Survive

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Thank you @iliacalderon.bsky.social and @nmasunivision.bsky.social for highlighting our work at @lataco.bsky.social

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The 10th Death in ICE Detention in 2026, Dead From a Tooth Infection

Emmanuel Damas, 56, died at a Scottsdale hospital on Monday due to complications from a tooth infection after being held at the Florence Correctional Center in Arizona. The death was first reported by the Arizona Daily Star.

Full story: lataco.com/the-10th-dea...

by @eltragon.bsky.social

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“This is the best healthcare that many aliens have received in their entire lives.” This is how the DHS ends their press release announcing the death of Alberto Gutierrez-Reyes in ICE detention in California. @lataco.bsky.social

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L.A. TACO MEMBERS! Join us tomorrow for a private panel withe Lexis-Olivier Ray, Izzy, Aisha, and myself. You’re paying for our coverage so we want you to have direct access to us, talk to us, ask us questions, and just thank you. Look for the link in your member newsletters.

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Daily Memo: ICE Detains U.S. Citizen With Infant As Kavanaugh Stops Continue

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2 weeks ago

Thank you for reals

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Tag yourself / your reserved parking space.
I'm 'Captain Healthcare'

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We went out to visit California City Detention Center and found a whole new fleet of vehicles waiting in the lot.
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3 weeks ago

I LOVE being an #LATACO member! For your outstanding reporting, amazing food recos and swell merch I’m proud to wear. I love it all! People, please please support!
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#FreeLA #ICEOut

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Daily Memo: ICE Pepper-Sprays and Throws an 80-year-old Attorney, Arrests a Community Watcher, and Takes Seven From Lompoc

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This week, four posts, all about death at the hands of ICE. 😞 We haven’t even gotten to the conditions in Texas Detention Centers, pregnant women and children suffering medical emergencies. 😖

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DAILY MEMO: ICE Used 14 Vehicles to Take 6 People from Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse

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L.A. TACO Investigative Journalism Fund By L.A. TACO

Today @lataco.bsky.social launched a fundraiser to help me start their investigative news desk. We're hoping to raise $25k to help pay for lab tests, analyze ICE data that the Daily Memo's been compiling + work with more freelancers. Been dreaming of this for years!

givebutter.com/la-taco-inve...

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Hope @lataco.bsky.social raises well over $25k, been doing incredible work for a minute, now.

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L.A. TACO Investigative Journalism Fund By L.A. TACO

Support Lex and @lataco.bsky.social's invaluable contributions to investigative journalism in LA: givebutter.com/la-taco-inve...

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Today, on Presidents’ Day, ICE killed a teacher in a car chase in Georgia and sent a 2-month-old baby in Texas’ Detention Center to the Hospital.

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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

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February 16, 2026
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Los Angeles Police Department Encourages School
Attendance Amid Recent Downtown Activity
Los Angeles: In light of recent activity in the downtown area, the Los Angeles Police Department would like to take this opportunity to remind parents and students of the importance of staying in school.
School attendance is mandatory in the City of Los Angeles and there may be legal consequences for parents and students for:
• Day time Curfew violations - It is unlawful for any minors under 18 to be in public places, streets, or amusement spots during school hours (typically 8:30 am
to 1:30 pm. The only exception includes being with a parent, authorized school activities, or emergencies.
• California Education Code violations:
• Mandates that all children between the ages of six and eighteen, unless exempted, must attend a full-time public day school for the full designated school day.
• Middle and high school students are legally permitted one excused absence per calendar year to participate in a "civic or political event," provided advance school notification (emphasis added).
• Additionally, Los Angeles Unified School District policy states that three or more unexcused absences or tardies of 30 minutes or more, can trigger a School Attendance Review Board (SARB) intervention for disciplinary action.
Parents and students are also reminded that presence at school promotes intellectual growth. It becomes more difficult to fill knowledge gaps with student absences. Attendance builds good habits and healthy routines; and provides structure and stability. Lastly, school attendance also increases student safety, which includes safety resources provided by the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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X Follow @LAPDHQ Any adult that collects or picks up a child and transports them to participate in any illegal activities may be responsible for Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor and is subject to arrest and prosecution. This law applies to actions like providing drugs/alcohol to minors, promoting truancy, and for parents failing to exercise reasonable supervision.
Community members, parents, and students may contact their local Community Police Station of the Los Angeles Police Department for additional guidance specific to their community.

The LAPD is citing truancy laws in an attempt to squash the ongoing school walkouts against ICE. The LAPD is also threatening to arrest any parents or adults who support the kids in their acts of civil disobedience.

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TVs across the country as soon as Bad Bunny finishes performing at the Super Bowl.

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Just a quick message to L.A., take a breather, enjoy the Superbowl cautiously, be ready for whatever Tom Homan is planning with CBPxICE integration.

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When enforcement hits home: Tips from local journalists covering immigration YouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation

Thanks to those who joined our webinar today about covering immigration enforcement in local communities, and a special thanks to our panelists: @eltragon.bsky.social, @franciagarciah.bsky.social, @nigrotime.bsky.social, and
@kevinhfoster.bsky.social.

Did you miss it? Watch it here:

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It’s journalistic malpractice to let @mayor.lacity.gov Karen Bass exploit @donlemonofficial.bsky.social to pretend she cares about press.

It’s duplicitous and hurts all journalists.

Her own LAPD has committed hundreds of acts of violence against working press.

She’s never said ONE word about it.

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🔔 At the top of the hour: Immigration enforcement reporting can be dangerous.

Learn how lessons from one community can apply elsewhere with journalists @eltragon.bsky.social, @franciagarciah.bsky.social, @nigrotime.bsky.social, and @kevinhfoster.bsky.social.

🔗 freedom.press/covering-immigration

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I’ll be on @spectrumnews1socal.bsky.social
With @katecagle.bsky.social
This morning 2/4, 8:30 a.m.

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DAILY MEMO: LAPD Chief is Laughed At, Dems Help Approve Temporary DHS Funding as they Demand ICE 'Behaves,' And ICE Continues While CBP is MIA

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DAILY MEMO: 'They're Going To Kill Him,' Toddler Says, As Border Patrol Arrests Her Father
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