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Kevin Flores

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camacho @bencamach0.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
powerful reporting from my colleague @kevin-flores.bsky.social and also @thesouthlander.com's first investigative piece. Read the story here: thesouthlander.com/lb-substanti...
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Long Beach tenants are being displaced by improper substantial remodel evictions
Advocates say city's data doesn't show complete picture of displacements.
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First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Motion granted! Public Justice scored a win on behalf of FAC, @thesouthlander.bsky.social, @lapublicpress.bsky.social & Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice to unseal documents in a case against the Adelanto ICE Processing Center. Learn more here ⬇️ firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/mo...
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Motion to Intervene Granted, One Major Step Closer to Unsealing Crucial Records and Video Footage of Abuse at Notorious Adelanto Immigration Facility
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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · 05/01/2026
The Southlander is honored to receive support from the Immediate Needs Fund established by Tiny News Collective. We will be using the funds to obtain media liability insurance, which is essential before we publish our first investigations of 2026. Subscribe to stay up to date on the latest!
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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · 06/01/2026
🎥 Here is a clip from an interview with Leo Martinez, an organizer with Ventura County Defensa (VC Defensa), as he reflects on ICE retaliating against him and on how his organization is prepared to fight You watch the whole interview on our website: thesouthlander.com
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camacho @bencamach0.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
I was co-producer and DP on this mini-doc, we worked meticulously on this project. It is a glimpse into what is happening to families across the country. Every person being taken is loved by their own. Lives are shattered through banishment and forced disappearances. Even in the cases where the
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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · 28/10/2025
Watch our mini documentary about the terror and trauma inflicted by the ICE deportation machine through the eyes of Barranco and his wife Martha.
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‘Hope is the only thing that keeps you alive’: Narciso Barranco on enduring ICE detention
ICE targeted a father of 3 U.S. Marines. Watch our mini documentary where we sat down to talk with Narciso and his wife, Martha.
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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · 28/10/2025
Narciso Barranco arrived to the U.S. in 1994. He spent 24 days locked up in a detention center after being violently arrested by a snatch squad of federal immigration agents in Santa Ana on June 21.
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Can't stop. Won't stop. On the heels of our lawsuit over LAPD's unlawful treatment of journalists covering protests, @lapressclub.bsky.social join @statuscoupnews.bsky.social & @thesouthlander.com in a separate suit about LASD. Thank you to the attorneys fighting to allow the press to do its job.
Cover page of lawsuit.
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Kevin Flores @kevin-flores.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
When Robert Luna was the LBPD chief, I covered the violence his officers unleashed on peaceful protesters during the BLM uprisings in Long Beach. He’s at it again as Sheriff. This time his deputies injured two of my colleagues and other members of the public and press. forthe.org/journalism/i...
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LBPD Injured ER Doctor, Teen Author, Others, with 'Less-than-Lethal' Bullets During May 31 Protest
In the immediate aftermath and in the days that followed, people who say they were protesting peacefully reported bruises, cuts, and even broken bones on social media.
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Kevin Flores @kevin-flores.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
CBS/KCAL reporter Zach Boetto saying on live TV that “less-lethal” rounds “won’t hurt but it might be enough to push you back.” People have lost eyes, teeth, fingers, and more from being shot by these projectiles. Police use these types of weapons for what they call “pain compliance.”
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hokusai 🌊🌊🌊 @thebluenami.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
the "patrick soon-shiong hater" is what did it for me 🌊 billionaire owner of the LA times 🌊 refused to allow the editorial team to endorse VP harris 🌊 has done shady sh!t with his medical patents to make his fortune can't wait to see what this team writes up 👊🏻
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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · 21/05/2025
In the coming weeks, we hope to show you why worker-led newsrooms are the only model that can meaningfully rebuild trust with the communities we cover. Subscribe to our newsletter to learn more: thesouthlander.com.
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The Southlander @thesouthlander.com · 13/05/2025
We’re starting LA’s first and only worker-led newsroom dedicated to investigative reporting because we cannot have billionaires and hedge funds dictating the flow of our information. Subscribe & donate: thesouthlander.com #TheSouthlander
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The Southland's Only Investigative News Cooperative
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