I don't remember reading about this. Can't verify the story -this is posted on the Chicago Day planning site. Certainly they are using this poor man's plight to rile up more marchers. One of our local activist told the May Day group that the minutemen were coming to our April school board meeting. They WERE NOT. They later posted that it wasn't verified after checking the facts -so don't go to the Wkgn meeting. Here is what is posted...



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From: jmuji...@aol.com
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:39:39 -0400
Local: Sun, Apr 27 2008 9:39 pm
Subject: Fwd: Urgent Release Airport Alert! Immigrant Community Beware!
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For Immediate Release



Contact: Julie Santos 773-738-0615

Julieta Bolivar 773-981-8855

Jose Landaverde 773-968-4258



Airport Alert!!!! Immigrant Community Beware!!!!

Latino Man Taken Into Custody by ICE

While Picking Up Family at Chicago O’Hare Airport



Chicago, Illinois - Thursday, April 24, 2008 Fernando Lara Flores was scheduled to pick up family members at O’Hare International Airport. The family was coming to celebrate his wedding on Saturday April 26, 2008. As he waited for his family his grandmother, Maria del Carmen Avila, 70 years old, was detained by US Customs Border Patrol Agents at O’Hare Airport. Fernando Lara Flores as any concerned Grandson went to the information desk to ask where his grandmother was…he was then asked for identification and taken into custody.



Arriving with the grandmother was Francisco Lara Avila, father of Fernando, who witnessed his son being taken into custody. Fernando Lara Flores has lived in the state of Illinois for over ten years. At the time of detention he was employed as a waiter at a Chicago restaurant. He also attended a community college for the past 8 years studying computer science. His friends and family describe him as conscientious, hardworking and law abiding resident.



Fernando mother Ms. Martha Flores stated, â€