Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced cop's report

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/04/10/fired-milwaukee-police-officer-report-gay-stylist-salvadoran-prison/83005721007/

A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison, according to documents reviewed by USA TODAY.

A report approved by the police-officer-turned-prison-contractor claimed the Venezuelan man was a member of the notorious gang Tren de Aragua.

But the credibility of Charles Cross Jr., who signed the report, was so bad, prosecutors flagged him on a list of police who had been accused of lying, breaking the law or acting in a way that erodes their credibility to testify in Milwaukee County.

Cross was fired from his position as a Milwaukee police sergeant in 2012 after driving his car into a family’s home while intoxicated. He appealed the decision and resigned in the process, according to the department.

[Solly Mack]

1. Like screaming into the void.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. we'll keep screaming.

[Solly Mack]

5. No choice, really. That boulder must go up.

[Easterncedar]

3. Andry Jose Hernandez

If we have to get them back one at a time…

We need to fight to get them back.

[everyonematters]

4. More proof that the President of the United States has no conscience.

That makes three people that there are indications that they are not gang members, and he has made no effort to get them back.