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Josh Beck, left, (Vidalia High School Sports Boosters) tries to wrestle away the Annual
Sports Boosters' Blood drive trophy from Bill Benton, right, (Toombs County High School
Athletic Director) while Derek McLendon, center, "officiates," TCHS won last year's bat
tle collecting 82 units, with VHS collecting 69.
Red Cross and Sports Boosters
Blood Drive to be Hosted by
McLendon Enterprises
The annual American
Red Cross Sports Boost
ers’ blood drive will be
held on Friday, December
3, at Vidalia High School,
and Thursday, December
9, at Toombs County High
School. Both drives are
from 10:00-4:00 p.m.
McLendon Enter
prises is contributing $20
to the Sports Boosters
program to the respective
school of the donor for
each unit ofblood donated.
To make an appoint
ment, go to www.redcross-
blood.org. In the search
section enter BOOSTER
to find the drive and make
an appointment. For more
information, contact Biram
Chapman at biram.chap-
man(a)redcross.org.
Guest
continued from page 6A
nant with their communi
ties more than our messag
ing is being resonant with
our community.”
Note the “their com
munities” and “our com
munity” bits. That’s a sense
not only of belonging, but
of ownership. Stray from
what is expected, what is
accepted, and watch your
back. Ask Condi Rice,
Clarence Thomas, or Tim
Scott how accepting and
tolerant these left-wing ac
tivists are when conformity
is denies them, the answer
isn’t pretty.
Democrats are terrified
at the prospect of more mi
norities breaking with what
they’ve deemed acceptable
thoughts and actions. The
story highlights “A Pew Re
search Center analysis es
timated that 92% of Black
voters and 59% of Hispanic
ones picked Biden. Demo
crats know they can’t afford
to lose that support in the
2022 midterms and in the
2024 presidential election.”
That Hispanic num
ber scares the hell out of
Democrats. If they lose the
Hispanic vote, it’s over.
How Democrats have
gone about trying to win
the Hispanic vote is the
why they’re losing so much
of it. Black voters have a
history of slavery in this
country. No one alive ex
perienced it, but the liberal
industrial complex control
ling education and pop cul
ture have people living in
fear of a boogeyman who
doesn’t exist anymore and
was a Democrat when he
did. It works - black voters
in cities like Chicago, De
troit, Baltimore, etc., vote
for Democrats for genera
tions because the alterna
tive is worse, somehow, in
their minds. That’s condi
tioning.
Hispanics don’t have
that history. They have a
history of oppression by
socialism, by their govern
ment. That oppression was
ushered in under the ban
ner of compassion, as it al
ways is. They or their fami
lies fled what Democrats
are selling. All the identity
politics in the world won’t
change the stories told by
grandmas and grandpas
about how they ended up
in the land of the free.
That’s what these pro
gressive groups hope to,
and need to, counter: real
ity. Lies can be very power
ful, but never as powerful
as personal experience. As
Hispanics dabble in GOP
voting, it might attract
some interest from black
voters who’ve noticed 50-
60 years of blind loyalty
has only led to the disinte
gration of cities and fami
lies. Something as small as
a 5-10 percent shift there,
and it’s game over for the
left. They’ll do absolutely
anything to prevent that.
Derek Hunter is
Washington, DC, based writer,
radio host and political
strategist. He has previously
worked for several prominent
conservative non-profits as an
analyst in health, education,
technology and judicial
policies, as well as a press
secretary in the US Senate.
Additionally, Derek helped
found the Daily Caller, where
he is a contributor. You can
also stalk his thoughts 140
characters at a time on
Twitter.
Charges
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Juana Ibarra Carrillo,
46, of Alma, charged with
Conspiracy to Commit
Mail Fraud; Conspiracy to
Engage in Forced Labor;
and Conspiracy to Commit
Money Laundering;
Donna Michelle Ro
jas, a/k/a “Donna Lucio,”
33, of Collins, charged with
Conspiracy to Commit
Mail Fraud; Conspiracy to
Engage in Forced Labor;
three counts of Forced La
bor; and Conspiracy to
Commit Money Launder
ing!
Margarita Rojas
Cardenas, a/k/a “Maggie
Cardenas,” 43, of Reids-
ville, charged with Conspir
acy to Commit Mail Fraud;
Conspiracy to Engage in
Forced Labor; three counts
of Forced Labor; Con
spiracy to Commit Money
Laundering; and Tamper
ing with a Witness;
Juan Fransisco Alva
rez Campos, 42, a citizen
of Mexico illegally pres
ent in the United States,
charged with Conspiracy to
Commit Mail Fraud; Con
spiracy to Engage in Forced
Labor; and Conspiracy to
Commit Money Launder
ing!
Rosalvo Garcia Mar
tinez, a/k/a “Chava Gar
cia,” 33, of Haines City,
Florida, charged with Con
spiracy to Commit Mail
Fraud; Conspiracy to En
gage in Forced Labor; and
Conspiracy to Commit
Money Laundering; and
Tampering with a Witness;
Esther Ibarra Garcia,
63, of Dade City, Florida,
charged with Conspiracy
to Commit Mail Fraud;
Conspiracy to Engage in
Forced Labor; three counts
of Forced Labor; and Con
spiracy to Commit Money
Laundering;
Rodolfo Martinez
Maciel, 26, a citizen of
Mexico illegally present in
the United States, charged
with Conspiracy to Com
mit Mail Fraud; Conspira
cy to Engage in Forced La
bor; three counts of Forced
Labor; and Conspiracy to
Commit Money Launder
ing!
Brett Donavan
Bussey, 39, of Tifton,
charged with Conspiracy to
Commit Mail Fraud; four
counts of Mail Fraud; Con
spiracy to Engage in Forced
Labor; Conspiracy to
Commit Money Launder
ing; and Tampering with a
Witness;
Linda Jean Facundo,
36, of Tifton, charged with
Conspiracy to Commit
Mail Fraud; Conspiracy to
Engage in Forced Labor;
and Conspiracy to Commit
Money Laundering;
Gumara Canela, 34,
of Alma, charged with Con
spiracy to Commit Mail
Fraud; Conspiracy to En
gage in Forced Labor; 14
counts of Forced Labor;
and Conspiracy to Commit
Money Laundering;
Daniel Merari Canela
Diaz, 24, a citizen of Mex
ico illegally present in the
United States, charged with
Conspiracy to Commit
Mail Fraud; Conspiracy to
Engage in Forced Labor;
and Conspiracy to Commit
Money Laundering; and,
Carla Yvonne Sali
nas, 28, of Laredo, Texas,
charged with Conspiracy to
Commit Mail Fraud; Con
spiracy to Engage in Forced
Labor; and Conspiracy to
Commit Money Launder
ing.
The charges of Con
spiracy to Engage in Forced
Labor, and Forced Labor,
each carry statutory penal
ties of up to life in prison,
while the charges of Con
spiracy to Commit Mail
Fraud, Mail Fraud, Money
Laundering Conspiracy,
and Tampering with a Wit
ness each carry statutory
penalties of up to 20 years
in prison.
Each of the charges
also includes substantial
financial penalties and pe
riods of supervised release
after completion of any
prison term. There is no
parole in the federal system.
Criminal indictments
contain only charges; de
fendants are presumed in
nocent unless and until
proven guilty.
The case was investi
gated under the Organized
Crime Drug Enforcement
Task Forces (OCDETF)
operation. OCDETF iden
tifies, disrupts, and dis
mantles the highest-level
criminal organizations that
threaten the United States
using a prosecutor-led,
intelligence-driven, mul
tiagency approach. Opera
tion Blooming Onion also
is designated as a Priority
Transnational Organized
Crime Cases.
Agencies investigat
ing Operation Blooming
Onion include Homeland
Security Investigations;
U.S. Citizenship and Im
migration Services, Fraud
Detection and National
Security; the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor Office of In
spector General, and Wage
and Hour Division; U.S.
Department of State’s Dip
lomatic Security Service;
the FBI; the U.S. Postal In
spection Service;
Also investigating were
the U.S. Marshals Service,
with assistance from the
Georgia National Guard;
the Georgia Bureau of In
vestigation; the Georgia
State Patrol; the Coffee
County Sheriff’s Office; the
Chatham County Sheriff’s
Office; the Tattnall County
Sheriff’s Office; the Bacon
County Sheriff’s Office;
and the Tiff County Sher
iff’s Office.
The case is being
prosecuted for the United
States by Assistant U.S. At
torney and Human Traf
ficking Coordinator Tania
D. Groover, and Assistant
U.S. Attorney and Criminal
Division Deputy Chief E.
Greg Gilluly, Jr., and Assis
tant U.S. Attorney Xavier
A. Cunningham, Section
Chief of the Asset Recov
ery Unit.
Citizens with informa
tion about a potential traf
ficking situation can call the
National Human Traffick
ing Hotline at 1-888-373-
7888. Anti-Trafficking Hot
line Advocates are available
24/7 to take reports of po
tential human trafficking.
All reports are confidential
and callers may remain
anonymous. Interpreters
are available. The informa
tion callers provide will be
reviewed by the National
Hotline and forwarded to
specialized law enforce
ment and/or service pro
viders where appropriate.
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