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Memo Torres

@eltragon.bsky.social
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Award-winning ICE journalist @lataco. The Daily Memo. Apple Maps 'Where Memo Eats'. On Netflix. 3rd-gen landscaper. Proud son of immigrants. UC Berkeley alumn. Harvard fellow. solo.to/eltragon

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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A government that creates propoganda to promote the violent treatment of people as sport is not a government for people at all, but a government against all people.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
L.A. has the best fucking sunsets.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Imagine you have one job right now: Deliver a sandwich. It sounds simple, but for immigrants, that job has become a dystopian nightmare.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...
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Motion (other) – #00108513219 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.com
EMERGENCY MOTION to Clarify the Effectiveness of this Court's Decision or, In the Alternative, Confirm the Stay is Lifted or Issue the Mandate filed by Appellees D.V.D., E.F.D., M.M. and O.C.G.. Serve...
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
While all eyes were on Wilber who ICE shot in the back, in Austin, Texas, Mario David Coronado Juárez had crashed and burned in Grand Rapids , Michigan, while fleeing a different pursuit by ICE the same day. Just 2 days before Carlos Josué Marchena, died in ICE detention after 10 months captive.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In total, from January to August 5, 2026, ICE logged 8,226 arrests for the Central District. The most heavily impacted area this year is by far the City of Los Angeles, leading the Central District in kidnappings with 2,781 people taken. lataco.com/ice-watch-la...
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The City of L.A. Leads in One Thing: ICE Kidnappings ~ L.A. TACO
ICE is becoming quicker, sneakier, and targeting people as they go about their daily routines.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17/09/2026
Huh. What changed? I wonder if ICE kidnapping tens of thousands of Cubans and expelling them to the far corners of the earth has had an impact on her poll numbers in a Cuban diaspora majority district??
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Big win against ICE: Judge Frimpong found and agreed with the plaintiffs that “deportation officers have been instructed that they may conduct warrantless arrests of individuals without consideration of the individual’s likelihood of escape.” Full story: lataco.com/noem-v-vasqu...
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Update: Judge Pauses ICE’s Warrantless Arrests in 7 Counties ~ L.A. TACO
Everybody should be following the Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo case like it was the O.J. Simpson trial and ICE was the runaway white Bronco.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I went to Mercado La Paloma with Memo Torres of @lataco.bsky.social to hear predictions on Gavin Newsom’s potential presidential run, if Trump wants to take over the moon, whether gas prices will drop and if Democratic wins in the midterms will temper ICE raids. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjmm...
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Newsom for Prez? | Trump for the moon?
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
10 year old remains in ICE custody as mother escapes in Los Angeles on their way to being deported. 9/11/2026 6:45 - 7:00 pm
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 31/08/2026
NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect
On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The ICE Burnout 🧵 1/5
The ICE Burnout by Memo Torres. 

A red haired girl draws a heart around the phrase “Fuck ICE” on an old dirty chalkboard.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“They just don’t get it. They can argue and bitch all day about Trump, but people like me have to live with this every day. I have to worry about my dad every time he leaves through that front door, and people just don’t fucking get what it’s like to be us right now.” lataco.com/ice-watch-ne...
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ICE Watch: The ICE Burnout ~ L.A. TACO
The Daily Memo, as we knew it, did its job when it was most needed. Now, we are launching a newsletter called ICE Watch that goes right to your inbox every Wednesday—far away from the shadows the tech...
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Catch me sliding into your emails with ICE news
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
. @izzymirez.bsky.social @chularadio.bsky.social and I are starting a newsletter for ICE coverage. I'm working on the first draft. I will be talking about the Daily Memo, what's been happening, and also important info, stories, and reporting. Sign-up lataco.com/newsletters
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/08/2026
Fun fact: So convinced were white officials in 1963 that the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the national mall would bring lawless and violent hordes of Black people that they imposed an emergency ban on alcohol sales in all of DC and neighboring Montgomery and PG counties.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“So far, this is the realest fight against these [ICE] raids we have in L.A.”
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
JUST IN: DHS is responsible for dangerous and unsanitary conditions at at California's Adelanto ICE facility, even though it is managed day-to-day by the GEO Group, the 9th Circuit rules. 3 judge panel declines to stay lower-court order for monitors. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/08/2026
CORRECTION: After looking at the flight data a little closer, there were SIX third-country removals, with an additional stop in Equatorial Guinea -- where migrants already trapped there say officials are beating them and threatening them at gunpoint.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Daily Memo: An Increasing Number of Latino ICE Detainees Are Being Deported to Africa Under a “Banished by Bargain” Deal Read Aristides’ story here: lataco.com/asylum-seeke...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/08/2026
Pete Hegseth Orders Military Blockade Of Woman Attempting To Walk Away From Him theonion.com/pete-hegseth-orders-mi…
Pete Hegseth Orders Military Blockade Of Woman Attempting To Walk Away From Him
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 18/08/2026
Two private jets operated by Journey Aviation just landed in southern Poland. This is how ICE deports people to Ukraine. Using a third country to send people to an unsafe country, which includes countries at war, is called chain refoulement, and it's banned under a US-ratified treaty.
An ADSBx map showing two Gulfstream Vs going from Mesa, AZ to Rzeszow, Poland.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Everybody should be following the Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo case like it was the O.J. Simpson trial and ICE was the runaway white Bronco. The full story: lataco.com/noem-v-vasqu... By @eltragon.bsky.social
A screenshot from a video where masked immigration agents are questioning a man on the streets.

Headline reads “This Case Has the Power to Stop L.A.’s ICE Raids. Here’s What Happened This Week”
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
PSA: Wether flying, driving, or walking, work permits and pending asylum cases do not protect you from ICE. If your DACA is expired and pending renewal, you are a target and a work permit or pending application will not protect you from ICE. Pass it along!
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Around 80 detainees were forcibly deported to the Central African Republic, which the U.S. strongly advises against visiting. L.A. TACO spoke with Aristides Fernandez Garcia, who has no idea what the future looks like. The full story: lataco.com/asylum-seeke... By @eltragon.bsky.social
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: I spoke with a Cuban asylum seeker deported to Central African Republic without his ID, money, or cell phone. lataco.com/asylum-seeke...
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EXCLUSIVE: Cuban Asylum Seeker Deported to Africa Without ID, Money, or Cell Phone ~ L.A. TACO
Around 80 detainees were forcibly deported to the Central African Republic, which the U.S. strongly advises against visiting due to potential danger. L.A. TACO spoke with 37-year-old Aristides Fernand...
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This wasn't Trump. The "Obama administration modified the conditions of those permits: it limited their validity to five years and removed the possibility of renewal." Obama was so anti-immigrant, but sure, people defend him because he was at least nice about it. english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-...
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Around 400 employees of Mexican consulates in the United States face the risk of losing their visas and becoming undocumented
Washington has restricted A-2 visas and put the residency of hundreds of workers at the 53 Mexican consulates in the country at risk
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
ICE tried to hide a death that happened on the week of July 20th by releasing him from custody at Delaney Hall Detention center to University Hospital while the ambulance arrived 30-45 minutes after this person had a medical emergency during his intake. lataco.com/ice-hiding-d...
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U.S. Congressman Accuses ICE Of Hiding Deaths In Its Custody ~ L.A. TACO
“ They're trying to underreport what is happening and trying to skew the numbers. We already know the number is higher than it's ever been,” Rep. Rob Menendez told the media in a press call on August ...
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Another day, another death, another child loses her father to ICE. Credit to Cosecha NJ and Radio Rebeldia for their reporting.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
ICE’s strategies have evolved a bit and are influenced now by Border Patrol, including using racial slurs and terms like “Tonk,” which is a term used by Border Patrol agents that refers to hitting people in the head with a flashlight. I explain how on @connectwithjacob.bsky.social
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Detainees at Adelanto ICE Processing Center claim that staff have provided them with water from an unknown source that is routinely contaminated. A video L.A. TACO received backs this up. The full story: lataco.com/contaminated... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
50th Death in ICE Custody Turned 29 while Dying of Medical Neglect Prisciliano Trejo Ricano 29-year-old Mexican Died July 24, 2026
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Daily Memo: Richard L.A. To Be Moved From Adelanto ICE Facilities After Nine Months Without Medical Care @eltragon.bsky.social
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“The common trend we’re seeing is that most people who have been taken at airports seemingly overstayed expired visas or have pending asylum applications.” Izzy and my latest for L.A. TACO
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
ICE drop and leave their gun magazines in the street after one of their vehicles broke down in Compton this morning. Credit to @lahoodlove & @siempreunidosla
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
7/27/2026 5:42 a.m. SOUTH L.A. Avalon & Vernon: ICE violently pulls a young man out of a parked vehicle by the neck
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Daily Memo: ICE Is at the Airports Again—How, Why, and Who They’re Targeting With This Strategy
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
ICE has been in San Fernando Valley, CA every day now for the last couple weeks targeting Panorama City, Pacoima, Van Nuys and surrounding areas likely working out of their new field office in Van Nuys. This was in North Hollywood this morning on Lankershim and Cohasset St. This is just one of many.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and several other L.A. figures are accused of being far-left terrorists and agents of Cuban influence in a 100-page report on Cuba published by Marco Rubio, Trump’s Secretary of State. 🎥: @eltragon.bsky.social
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
7/22 9:00 a.m ICE sightings around L.A. Known ICE vehicles have been spotted in these cities, no abductions reported thus far. - Panorama City - Glendale Police Station - Walnut - Anaheim - San Bernardino - Ventura
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Breaking out of Colorado, a guard at a Colorado ICE detention center shoots a female protester as she walked away from a verbal confrontation while he tried to walk into work. Full story here: coloradonewsline.com/briefs/color...
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
HUGE BREAKING NEWS: A judge in Riverside, CA just approved an emergency injunction at the Adelanto ICE detention center mandating 24/7 access to clean water, proper food, medical care, much more and putting restrictions on their solitary confinement. ICE has 14 days to provide a written plan.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Welcome to the AI SURVEILLANCE TECHNO REPUBLIC: How ICE and federal agencies are targeting U.S. citizens through alleged "Kavanaugh Stops" of racial profiling, HSI surveillance of activists, and NSPM-7's expanded domestic terrorism definition with Al tools from Palantir.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In their cars, in the streets, and in custody, the deaths by ICE keep coming.
4th PERSON TO DIE at the hands of
ICE within 7 days.
According to a press release by ICE
today, 7/15/2026, Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva, a 45-year-old
Venezuelan died in ICE custody on July 13 while enroute by bus from the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla to the Folkston D. Ray ICE
Processing Center in Folkston, Georgia.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Adelanto ICE Detention Center in CA is averaging 2nd out of 212 known detention centers across the U.S. in keeping the most detainees in solitary confinement based on DHS’s own reports between October 2025 through March of 2026 averaging about 90 people each month.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This comes as its being reported that DHS has paused vehicle stops during their operations due to two recent killings by ICE agents of two innocent people who were not targets of their operations.
A THIRD PERSON HAS DIED DURING AN ICE OPERATION IN THE LAST 7 DAYS.

The Miami Herald has reported today, 7/14, that four people ran from ICE and HSI at a gas station parking lot in St. Augustine, Florida. One was struck by a tractor trailer while running across the highway. 

There are no further details at this time.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICE MURDERED ANOTHER PERSON this morning in Maine this time. 2nd to be shot and killed in his car in less than a week by ICE. 11th death at the hands of DHS during an immigration enforcement operation and 68th total death under Trump and Stephen Miller’s new immigration policy. How many more?!
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Update on the court case against Adelanto’s ICE detention centers. The U.S. is contradicting itself.
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