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Prairie Gates

(8,094 posts) Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:23 PM 16 hrs ago

Get ready for saturation coverage: Venezuelan migrant being held in Loyola student murder

Right wing boards are lighting up with this story.

Early Thursday morning a masked man approached a group of Loyola students in Chicago and fired on them, hitting a young woman and Loyola freshman and killing her.

Police have arrested somebody in this random attack. Apparently, according to a number of right wing boards, the suspect is a Venezuelan migrant who was arrested in 2023 and then released, and has been absent from court since that time, with live warrants.

I'm not linking to right wing sources, but I'm acknowledging that the sources reporting on this now are mostly right wing, like Substance News, CWB Chicago, and Fox and Friends. This is pretty much the ideal suspect for this vicious crime from a Stephen Miller perspective, and that it took place in Chicago is extra gravy for the MAGA immigration narratives.

It's going to rule the week, and might be the GOP rallying cry for the midterms if true.

Heads up.

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Get ready for saturation coverage: Venezuelan migrant being held in Loyola student murder (Original Post) Prairie Gates 16 hrs ago OP

How many Venezuelans have we killed so far ? Hey Joe 16 hrs ago #1

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The video footage of him unmasked just might be credible evidence. Igel 15 hrs ago #3

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This is on DHS, they should be doing their job. What's their excuse for beating people up and breaking windows? Walleye 15 hrs ago #4

So, we respond that he's the worst of the worst and Trump should have deported him. Trump's fault. Vinca 15 hrs ago #6

Hey Joe

(594 posts)

1. How many Venezuelans have we killed so far ?

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Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:32 PM

16 hrs ago

How many Iranians including children have we murdered already?
How many countries have we bombed and/or
threatened to take over and control.
Fuck MAGA and their fake media outrage.
They have nothing but lies.

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Igel

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3. The video footage of him unmasked just might be credible evidence.

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Sun Mar 22, 2026, 03:10 PM

15 hrs ago

Maybe he still had the gun, maybe ballistics with the casing.

Then there's the limp he's said to have. Hard to just say, "Hey, we need a migrant with an arrest warrant and a limp to cover for the white guy we know did it" and come up with one so handily. And, you know, would have been a lot cleaner just to raid the apt. building he was in and gun him down.