Music producer 'Flow La Movie' among 9 killed in Dominican Republic private jet crash

Seven passengers and two crew members of a private passenger plane were killed in the crash at Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo on Wednesday.

Nine people were killed on Wednesday after a private aircraft crashed while making an emergency landing in the Dominican Republic, according to the plane's operator, Helidosa Aviation Group.

Among the victims was Puerto Rican music producer Jose A. Hernandez, better known as "Flow La Movie," as well as his wife and their child, according to his publicist. 

Seven passengers and two crew members died in the incident at Las Americas Airport in the capital Santo Domingo, Helidosa Aviation Group said in a statement posted to Twitter. Six were foreign nationals and one was Dominican, it also said, without specifying the nationalities of the other six passengers.

Hernandez was mainly known for his hit song "Te Bote." 

His death sparked messages of condolences and commemoration from a number of Puerto Rican and other Latin artists, including superstar J Balvin and famed pop singer Ricardo Montaner.

The flight was en route to Florida from La Isabela International Airport in the Dominican Republic when it made the emergency landing and crashed just 15 minutes after takeoff, according to Flightradar 24.

"This accident causes us great pain and grief. We ask that you prudently join in solidarity to support the families affected, who along with us are going through this difficult time," the company's statement added.

 

The US Just Put $5 Million Bounties on 4 of El Chapo's Sons

Known collectively as Los Chapitos, the men are believed to control a prominent faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
JOAQUÍN “EL CHAPO” GUZMÁN LOERA’S SONS JESUS ALFREDO GUZMAN-SALAZAR (L), OVIDIO GUZMÁN LÓPEZ (C), AND IVÁN ARCHIVALDO GUZMÁN SALAZAR (R), EACH HAVE A 5$ MILLION BOUNTY ON THEIR HEADS, AS DOES A FOURTH - JOAQUÍN GUZMÁN LÓPEZ - NOT PICTURED. PHOTOS: DEA AND MEXICAN GOVERNMENT.

MEXICO CITY—The U.S. government just offered a $5 million reward to anyone with information that could lead to the capture of each of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera’s sons. 

Commonly known as Los Chapitos, the men are infamous for their brash and ostentatious behavior and displays on social media. One of them—Ovidio Guzmán López—was captured but released by the Mexican government in 2019 in an incident that proved a national embarrassment for the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The announcement from the Biden administration came on the heels of a similar bounty placed on the head of El Chapo’s brother, Aureliano Guzmán Loera aka Guano, and the tripling of the reward for his former Sinaloa Cartel partner Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada to $15 million.

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The US Just Put a $5 Million Bounty on El Chapo’s Brother

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11.08.21

After El Chapo’s arrest and extradition in 2017, his sons—Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, Ovidio Guzmán López, and Joaquín Guzmán López—are believed to have become prominent leaders of a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. The fresh bounty on each of their heads puts the young Guzmáns in a tier with some of Mexico's other most wanted criminals.

“All four are high-ranking members of the Sinaloa Cartel and are each subject to a federal indictment for their involvement in the illicit drug trade,” said the U.S. Department of State when announcing the reward.

The eldest brother, Iván Archivaldo, first made headlines in the early 2000s after the death of a Canadian exchange student in Guadalajara. Kristen Deyell left a nightclub with a man named César Pulido who had reportedly been involved in a fight inside the club over the Canadian student. The two were ambushed outside and shot to death. Iván Archivaldo was the prime suspect and spent the next few years in and out of prison battling charges over the murder, along with money laundering and organized crime allegations. He was eventually freed in 2008 and Deyell and Pulido's murders remain unsolved

Both Iván Archivaldo and his younger brother Jesús Alfredo started making waves for their use of social media, with unverified accounts linked to the brothers regularly posting photos and videos of guns, money, and women. But as the hunt for El Chapo increased during the mid-2010s, the sons tempered their social media use as they reportedly became more involved in the family business. The original accounts have been removed from Twitter.

El Chapo escaped prison in 2001, allegedly in a laundry cart, and ran the business while on the lam until finally being arrested in 2014. He escaped prison again in 2015, and was recaptured six months later. The kingpin was soon extradited to the U.S. and found guilty in 2019 in a New York court. El Chapo is currently serving a life sentence on drug, weapons, and money laundering charges at a Colorado supermax penitentiary.

 With El Chapo's January 2016 arrest and extradition on the horizon, the power vacuum began to cause conflict between different factions within the Sinaloa Cartel, and other cartels also tried to take advantage of the situation. The fighting directly hit the brothers when Iván Archivaldo and Jesús Alfredo were kidnapped in August 2016 by members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG for its Spanish acronym). The brothers were released within a week after members of the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG reportedly brokered their release in exchange for guaranteeing the protection of the incarcerated son of Nemesio Oseguera, alias El Mencho, the boss of the CJNG.

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US Triples Bounty to $15M for Elusive Sinaloa Cartel Boss ‘El Mayo’ Zambada

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09.24.21

But Los Chapitos truly entered the public consciousness after the arrest of a third Guzmán brother, Ovidio, in October 2019. Mexican soldiers attempted to arrest Ovidio in a house in Culiacán, the capital of the state of Sinaloa and family stronghold, but were soon fought off by cartel gunmen. Ovidio's brothers reportedly sent hundreds of cartel foot soldiers onto the streets of the city who engaged in hours of gunfights with state forces that left at least eight people dead and many injured. Cartel gunmen also entered a military housing complex and threatened the families of Mexican soldiers stationed in Sinaloa.

Mexican President López Obrador promptly ordered the release of Ovidio to stop the bloodshed, but his capture and release was seen as a sign of the state's inability to combat organized crime.

Fired McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is forced to pay back $105 million in severance over claims that he lied about affairs with employees

Former McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook will return his severance pay — a figure estimated to be around $105 million — to his former employer to settle a lengthy lawsuit over his sexual relationships with employees. "Last year, McDonald's filed an unprecedented lawsuit against Steve Easterbrook, our former CEO, to hold him accountable for his lies and misconduct, including the way in which he exploited his position as CEO," McDonald's chairman Rick Hernandez said in an internal note obtained by Insider.

 Hernandez expressed gratitude to an employee who "had the courage to speak up" about Easterbrook's misconduct. "Steve has returned equity awards and cash that he would have forfeited had he been truthful at the time of his termination and, as a result, been terminated for cause," he wrote. "While Steve's misconduct need not be forgiven by any member of this community, he has apologized to his former co-workers, franchisees, suppliers, and the Board for the profound errors he made."Amelia Lucas firt reported on the results of the fast food chain's battle against its ex-chief officer. Easterbrook lost the top job at McDonald's back in 2019 after the company found he "violated company policy and demonstrated poor judgment" involving a "consensual relationship" with an employee. At the time, investigators discovered that Easterbrook exchanged sexual texts and photos with a female employee. The fast food giant lost $4 billion in value in the wake of the scandal, as well as its chief people officer David Fairhurst. Questions about Easterbrook's severance arose early on. The ex-CEO was eligible for a minimum of $702,255 in severance. He ended up receiving around $105 million. But by August 2020, the conflict between McDonald's and its former leader heated up once more. The restaurant chain sued Easterbrook over allegations that he covered up sexual relationships with at least three McDonald's employees. Insider's Kate Taylor reported that Easterbrook and his friends became mainstays at Chicago's Viagra Triangle, an area where rich men go to pick up younger women, according to an ex-employee. In February 2021, one employee romantically connected to Easterbrook agreed to be deposed. Easterbrook also apologized to the board and his former employees. "During my tenure as CEO, I failed at times to uphold McDonald's values and fulfill certain [sic] of my responsibilities as a leader of the company," he said in the filing.

L.A.’s temporary Safe Sleep Village, which provided tent housing for homeless people, to close this week

An East Hollywood tent village, sanctioned and funded by the city as part of an eight-month pilot program to provide space for up to 69 tents to be pitched in a parking lot, is coming to a close this week.

Dubbed “Safe Sleep Village,” the temporary tent complex at 317 N. Madison Ave. was another of the city’s programs to address one of Los Angeles’ biggest challenges: its growing homelessness crisis.

Homeless people who set tents there had access to meals, showers, restrooms and services like counseling. 

Tyler Cummins, 37, told KTLA he’s been at the site since July, when he lost his job and began living on the streets.

“At least I’ve had a landing pad here. It’s a lot safer than just being out on the street,” Cummins said. “I feel like every day is another chance. I’ve made a lot of mistakes to be at this point in my life and I consider this kind of a rock bottom.”

Now, Cummins and the others remaining at the site are set to move to a new tiny home village in the Westlake district. 

Wanda Williams serves as the director of the tent village. She works for San Francisco-based nonprofit Urban Alchemy, which runs the program and provides on-site services, as well as outreach to the surrounding area. The organization is tasked with client intake and care coordination, custodial and sanitation services, de-escalation intervention, security and handling of overdoses.

“We have 35 guests, who are moving from this model to a tiny home. So they’re elevating,” Williams said, adding that she believe the program was a success.

The tent village, which opened in April, cost the city about $1.5 million dollars, according to Urban Alchemy. City officials said when the program began that it would cost around $2,140 per person each month when operating at maximum capacity of 90 residents. (A breakdown of how that projection played out was not yet available.)

The site had 200 residents over the duration, with 79 people at its peak. The average stay was three to five months, with one or two empty tents on average. A total of 50 residents left on their own at some point and 45 were kicked out, the nonprofit said. 

The 50 departures mean one in four residents left on their own. When asked if that was a high figure, Kirkpatrick Tyle of Urban Alchemy said, “It’s probably high. If we want to gauge it as a pilot, then we’ll say no, it’s an opportunity for us to learn.

Program organizers say people were “exited” or kicked out mostly for breaking the rule of not showing up for more than three days, or for violence. (About 70 people aren’t accounted for, which the nonprofit said are people who just walked off but didn’t formally leave or get kicked out of the program.)

During the pilot, 22 people moved to tiny homes or permanent housing. The rest chose to leave — that includes Brent Hatcher

“There is nothing compassionate about enabling people experiencing homelessness to live or die on City sidewalks,” the councilman said. “The valuable connections made at Safe Sleep Village are producing results: many of the residents have taken the next steps to permanent housing, while others are moving to the new Tiny Home Village we are opening in my district — yet another comprehensive housing solution that is getting unhoused people off the street, indoors into safety, and on a path to wellness and stability. 

City officials say the pilot is wrapping up this week, as was as always the plan. Construction is set to begin at the location for permanent supportive housing, with more than 450 apartments for people experiencing homelessness.

“This is the way to make progress on the homelessness crisis: providing a range of comprehensive housing options, including everything from low-barrier interim housing to permanent units, that are managed by dedicated service professionals,” O’Farrell said. “In my district, we are thinking holistically, creatively, and comprehensively. The same approach should be followed all across the City.”

Another tent village site is set to open mid-January, run by the same service provider, in Councilman Curren Price’s district, though no definite location information has been released

 

Deion Sanders Says Brittany Renner Gave Jackson St. Football Players $20 Million Worth Of Game When She Spoke To Them

 

Somewhere last week, Deion Sanders invited PJ Washington’s baby mama, Brittany Renner, to advise the players of Jackson University football, and he has put a price tag on the worth of Renner’s advice to the players.

According to Deion Sanders, Brittany Renner’s advice is worth $20 million. From the Clarion-Ledger:

On his podcast, 21st and Prime, Sanders said he’d be much richer if he had the star Instagram model’s advice when he was in college at Florida State.
“Let me tell you something. If I had her in my ear,” Sanders said. “If I had been sitting in that room at Florida State and I had her come and lay it out like she laid it out. If I would have had that I would be at least $20 million richer.”
“Oh really?” responded Renner, who was a guest on the show.
“Yeah, because of the game,” Sanders said. “Because everything she elaborated on, I would have been more prepared for the game of life. I was prepared for the game of football, but not that other game. Because I was so locked in. And then I misconstrued what love and some women were. If I would have had that, I promise you, at least 20. At least $20 million richer because of the divorces, the lawyer fees, all the bull junk that I’ve gone through as a man.”

 

I do not know which part of Brittany Renner’s advice is worth $20 million, but since it’s coming from Deion Sanders himself, I wouldn’t doubt his judgment. He’s an honest coach.

When the FEDS need information, they get someone from inside the organization to give it to them. That is essentially what Deion is doing here. Renner has seen it all, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Honestly, nothing she is saying in the videos is false. Sometimes you have to ignore the messenger and just focus on the message.

Flip to the next page to watch excerpts of Brittany Renner’s meet-up with Deion Sanders’ boys.