MILWAUKEE
Thousands march in protest
A sea of demonstrators on Monday marched from Milwaukee’s predominantly Hispanic south side to the downtown courthouse to protest a plan that would deputize local law enforcement officers as federal immigration agents. Busloads of demonstrators from about a dozen communities around Wisconsin arrived to join local protesters in the mile-long march. The crowd, estimated at 10,000 to 20,000 by police, moved through the streets chanting “Si, podemos!” or “Yes we can!” Activists also marched against President Donald Trump’s stand on immigration.
LEADWOOD, MO.
Arrests in KKK leader’s death
The wife and stepson of a Ku Klux Klan leader found fatally shot next to a river in eastern Missouri were charged in his death Monday. Malissa Ann Ancona, 44, and her 24-year-old son, Paul Edward Jinkerson Jr., were charged with first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse in the death of Frank Ancona. Both are jailed without bond. A probable cause statement alleges that Jinkerson shot his 51-year-old stepfather as he slept Thursday at his home in Leadwood. Ancona told police her husband planned to file for divorce.
WASHINGTON
U.S. sanctions Venezuelan VP
The Trump administration imposed sanctions against Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami on Monday, accusing him of playing a major role in international drug trafficking. The executive decree, the result of a years-long investigation, is bound to ratchet up tensions between the new GOP administration and the United States’ harshest critic in Latin America. El Aissami is the most senior Venezuelan official to ever be targeted by the U.S. The U.S. Treasury Department also sanctioned Samark Lopez, a wealthy Venezuelan businessman the U.S. described as El Aissami’s primary front man.
ANAHEIM, CALIF.
Cars burn at Disneyland
Nine cars were destroyed or damaged by fires in the main parking structure Monday at Disneyland, and seven Disney employees were treated for smoke inhalation but their injuries aren’t serious, authorities said. The fires that broke out at the Mickey & Friends Parking Structure were extinguished about 30 minutes after they were reported, fire officials said. Hundreds of park visitors and employees were stuck outside the structure unable to get to their cars.
Compiled from wire reports