Alex DeLuca

Alligator Alcatraz Security Job Postings Hint at Long-Term Facility State officials have repeatedly insisted the detention center would be temporary.

New: Florida officials have repeatedly insisted Alligator Alcatraz would be temporary.

But several job postings describe it as a “long-term” operation.

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Military Planes Appear to Fly Alligator Alcatraz Detainees to Texas, Louisiana Flight tracking data appears to show that two military aircraft left the facility this week for Texas and Louisiana.

Since Alligator Alcatraz opened in July, there’s been speculation about it being used for deportation flights.

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@airnavradar.com data shows a flight left Wednesday for Alexandria, Louisiana and another left Thursday for Harlingen, Texas.

Both Alexandria and Harlingen serve as staging/departure points for deportation flights.

Military Planes Appear to Fly Alligator Alcatraz Detainees to Texas, Louisiana Flight tracking data appears to show that two military aircraft left the facility this week for Texas and Louisiana.

New: Gov. DeSantis says deportation flights have officially begun from Alligator Alcatraz.

But while he didn’t name destinations, flight data shows two military planes left this week — one to Texas and one to Louisiana. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/militar...

South Florida Deportations Are Quietly Filling Animal Shelters It's a largely hidden toll of President Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts.

NEW: South Florida deportations are quietly filling animal shelters.

It’s a largely hidden toll of Trump’s ongoing mass deportation efforts.

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Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida

Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Venezuelan Man Released From El Salvador After Possibly Being Deported Over Tattoo Luis Carlos José Marcano Silva, 26, was living in Bradenton, Florida, when he vanished into a foreign prison.

Full story here: www.miaminewtimes.com/news/venezue...

On Friday night, Marcano’s mother spotted him on TV stepping off a plane in Venezuela.

She called it “an indescribable emotion.”

Venezuelan Man in Florida May Have Been Deported to El Salvador Over Tattoo The family's previous attorney said Marcano's crown tattoo likely played a role in his deportation.

His family insisted he was never linked to the Tren de Aragua gang.

They believed his tattoos — notably a crown inked on his chest — likely contributed to his deportation. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/was-a-v...

Venezuelan Man in Florida May Have Been Deported to El Salvador Over Tattoo The family's previous attorney said Marcano's crown tattoo likely played a role in his deportation.

Marcano, an asylum seeker living in Bradenton, FL with his family, was taken into ICE custody in March after a routine immigration hearing.

He then vanished into the foreign prison. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/was-a-v...

Venezuelan Man Released From El Salvador After Possibly Being Deported Over Tattoo Luis Carlos José Marcano Silva, 26, was living in Bradenton, Florida, when he vanished into a foreign prison.

🧵: Luis Carlos José Marcano Silva — a 26-year-old Venezuelan barber — was freed from El Salvador’s CECOT prison and sent back to Venezuela on Friday.

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Killer Train

A yearlong investigation by WLRN and the Miami Herald into Brightline Trains and the many deaths that they've been linked to in Florida

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Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. “We have not heard from these people’s families, so I think perhaps even they don’t know," one lawyer said.

"flight manifests for 3 legally contested deportation flights from Texas to El Salvador contain dozens of additional, unaccounted for passengers than a previously published Department of Homeland Security (DHS) list of people deported from the United States on those flights, 404 Media has learned."

Executives Cashing in on Alligator Alcatraz Hide Pics, Bios Online The digital disappearing acts come as human rights advocates raise alarms about conditions at the remote site.

The execs profiting from Alligator Alcatraz are quietly scrubbing their photos and bios from company websites.

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Florida Man Posted TikToks Inside Alligator Alcatraz. He Says They Got Him Fired. As of July 9, his videos have racked up more than 2 million views.

A man posted TikToks from inside Alligator Alcatraz — showing off the dorms, a dining hall, and what appears to be some sort of mystery meat (or bread?).

He says it got him fired.

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Friends of the Everglades Files Lawsuit to Stop 'Alligator Alcatraz' They stopped the Everglades Jetport in 1969. Now, they're battling 'Alligator Alcatraz.'

New from me:

In 1970, Friends of the Everglades stopped the Everglades Jetport. Now they're taking on “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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Chef Jacob Bickelhaupt Faces New Charges After Domestic Violence Arrest Bickelhaupt owns Konro, a Michelin-starred omakase restaurant in West Palm Beach.

NEW: Chef Jacob Bickelhaupt is facing new criminal charges related to a recent domestic violence arrest — his second in the past decade. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/chef-ja...

Chef of Michelin-Starred Konro Restaurant Arrested for Domestic Violence — Again Jacob Bickelhaupt has been arrested for domestic violence for a second time. Against a second wife.

New: Chef Jacob Bickelhaupt, founder of several Michelin-starred restaurants, including Konro in West Palm Beach, has been arrested on domestic violence charges — again.

(TW: graphic description of DV)

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Video: Miami Cop Shoots Into Man's Car Outside Bayfront Park The 21-year-old's sister said he was attempting to drive around the police officer, not toward him.

New video shows the moment a Miami cop shot into a man’s car outside Bayfront Park.

While police say the driver hit the officer, his passenger says he was trying to drive around the cop — not at him.

“It wasn’t intentional.” www.miaminewtimes.com/news/video-m...

Video: Miami Cop Shoots Into Man's Car Outside Bayfront Park The 21-year-old's sister said he was attempting to drive around the police officer, not toward him.

New video shows a Miami cop shooting into a man’s car outside Bayfront Park.

While police say the driver hit the officer, his passenger says he was trying to drive around the cop — not at him.

“It wasn’t intentional.”

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Video: Miami Cop Shoots Into Man's Car Outside Bayfront Park The 21-year-old's sister said he was attempting to drive around the police officer, not toward him.

New video shows a Miami police officer shooting into a man’s car outside Bayfront Park (via @alexldeluca21.bsky.social)

Photos: Inside Miami's Krome Detention Center In the 1980s Florida photographer Gary Monroe documented the Krome Detention Center between 1981 and 1982.

In the early ‘80s, while reporters fought to get inside Miami’s Krome Detention Center, photographer Gary Monroe was granted rare access to the facility.

Here’s what he captured: www.miaminewtimes.com/news/photos-...

Miami Police Cleared in Shooting of Mentally Ill Man With Screwdriver Body-camera footage shows an officer shooting Donald Armstrong as he falls to the ground as a result of being tased.

New: The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office has cleared a Miami cop in the shooting of a mentally ill man armed with a screwdriver.

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Yury is currently being held at the for-profit Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach — more than 200 miles away from her family.

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The petition says ICE’s detention of Yury has forcibly separated her from her breastfeeding infant, putting the child’s health at serious risk.

“ICE’s actions threaten to inflict irreversible harm on a U.S. citizen minor.”

A habeas corpus petition accuses ICE of unlawfully detaining Yury Ussa Polania — a Colombian national with a pending asylum case and valid work permit through 2029.

Florida Breastfeeding Mom Detained by ICE, Separated from 1-Year-Old A Florida mother was separated from her breastfeeding 1-year-old last week after ICE detained her.

New: A Florida mom was detained by ICE earlier this month, separating her from her breastfeeding 1-year-old U.S. citizen child.

“It has been very traumatizing,” her husband says.

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Broward TikToker Says Border Patrol Detained Her, Searched Phone at MIA There's been a surge in reports about people, including U.S. citizens, being detained at the border and at airports.

The young woman, a U.S. citizen, is part of a growing number of travelers who’ve recently been detained by CBP as part of the Trump admin’s immigration crackdown.

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