María Inés Zamudio
@mizamudio.bsky.social
Professional chismosa. award-winning investigative reporter with Invisible Institute/ProPublica. FOIA enthusiast. Professional Chismosa. Past @wbez @apmreports @publicintegrity @ChicagoReporter.
Runner and aspiring fiction writer.
Runner and aspiring fiction writer.
Two Chicago cops were recently promoted despite investigators finding sexual misconduct. An @invisible.institute and @propublica.org investigation published in the Sun-Times found the Chicago Police Department has ignored repeated calls to address this decades-long issue.
Chicago Police Department promoted 2 cops after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct
chicago.suntimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Demonstrators gathered last week in Charlotte, North Carolina, as part of Shutdown Charlotte, a mass mobilization for immigrant rights. https://capitalbnews.org/trump-national-guard-city-updates/
A City-by-City Breakdown of Trump’s Immigration Raids and Troop Deployments
The Trump administration has deployed federal troops into at least nine cities, and there are no signs of a slowdown.
capitalbnews.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Demonstrators gathered last week in Charlotte, North Carolina, as part of Shutdown Charlotte, a mass mobilization for immigrant rights. https://capitalbnews.org/trump-national-guard-city-updates/
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This investigation was co-produced by @blockclubchi.bsky.social , Cicero Independiente, the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, @invisible.institute, @southsideweekly.bsky.social, and @thetriibe.com.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/feds...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/feds...
Feds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago • The TRiiBE
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
thetriibe.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This investigation was co-produced by @blockclubchi.bsky.social , Cicero Independiente, the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, @invisible.institute, @southsideweekly.bsky.social, and @thetriibe.com.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/feds...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/feds...
Deported Army veteran Miguel Perez Jr., whose case became a symbol of immigrant veterans' struggles, died in October while visiting family in Mexico after returning home in 2019.
A final goodbye to a Chicago deported veteran
www.wbez.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Children as young as 13 have been held in near-total isolation for days and even weeks at a time, without schooling, fresh air, or basic human contact. Experts say that kind of social deprivation is a “well-recognized” trigger for psychiatric consequences like depression, anxiety and psychosis.
The Competing Visions to Fix the Country’s Juvenile Justice Crisis
Some states keep adding beds in already troubled facilities, while others are trying alternative approaches to detention or keeping some children out of the system altogether.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Children as young as 13 have been held in near-total isolation for days and even weeks at a time, without schooling, fresh air, or basic human contact. Experts say that kind of social deprivation is a “well-recognized” trigger for psychiatric consequences like depression, anxiety and psychosis.
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Chicago’s faith leaders are speaking out on immigration enforcement after ICE agents shot a Chicago pastor seven times with pepper balls outside the Broadview detention center.
Here’s where four of Chicago’s faith leaders stand on the issue:
https://to.wttw.com/4ntPoXV
Here’s where four of Chicago’s faith leaders stand on the issue:
https://to.wttw.com/4ntPoXV
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Chicago’s faith leaders are speaking out on immigration enforcement after ICE agents shot a Chicago pastor seven times with pepper balls outside the Broadview detention center.
Here’s where four of Chicago’s faith leaders stand on the issue:
https://to.wttw.com/4ntPoXV
Here’s where four of Chicago’s faith leaders stand on the issue:
https://to.wttw.com/4ntPoXV
What an inspiring group of students!
Huge gratitude to UIUC journalism alum @mizamudio.bsky.social of the Invisible Institute for an exceptional Frank Center workshop on accountability journalism.
Conversations like this are vital to our students’ professional and, indeed, moral development.
#FrankCenter #Illinois #journalism
Conversations like this are vital to our students’ professional and, indeed, moral development.
#FrankCenter #Illinois #journalism
October 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
What an inspiring group of students!
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Chain-link cages. Flooded tents. Clouds of mosquitoes. Malfunctioning AC. Scarce food. Zero recreational time.
This is life inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz.
This is life inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz.
http://bit.ly/48SIJCP
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October 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Chain-link cages. Flooded tents. Clouds of mosquitoes. Malfunctioning AC. Scarce food. Zero recreational time.
This is life inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz.
This is life inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz.
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
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ICE killed their father. Now they’re in foster care.
Silverio Villegas, a single father, was fatally shot by fed agents after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Franklin Park.
His family spoke to the Tribune of their grieve and their fight.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/s...
Silverio Villegas, a single father, was fatally shot by fed agents after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Franklin Park.
His family spoke to the Tribune of their grieve and their fight.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/s...
Family of Chicago-area man killed by ICE seeks to reunite with his children who are now in foster care in Idaho
The state of Idaho took custody of the children a few weeks after Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was killed by ICE agents in Franklin Park on Sept. 12.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
ICE killed their father. Now they’re in foster care.
Silverio Villegas, a single father, was fatally shot by fed agents after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Franklin Park.
His family spoke to the Tribune of their grieve and their fight.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/s...
Silverio Villegas, a single father, was fatally shot by fed agents after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Franklin Park.
His family spoke to the Tribune of their grieve and their fight.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/s...
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NEW — For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago residential area.
Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...
Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...
Federal agents gas Chicago’s East Side • The TRiiBE
For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods.
thetriibe.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
NEW — For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago residential area.
Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...
Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...
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The Promontory, a beloved Hyde Park music venue, is closing at the end of the year. blockclubchi.co/47o9oq6
October 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Promontory, a beloved Hyde Park music venue, is closing at the end of the year. blockclubchi.co/47o9oq6
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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
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Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights.
Legendary transgender activist Miss Major dies at 78
Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights.
19thnews.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights.
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Even as an appeals court allowed a federal judge to temporarily block the Trump administration from sending 500 National Guard troops into Chicago, teams of masked immigration enforcement agents staged a series of increasingly aggressive raids across the city’s North Side.
While National Guard Deployment Remains Blocked, ICE Strike Teams Escalate North Side Raids
An appeals court allowed U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s ruling blocking the deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois to stand, while halting her order stopping President Donald Trump f...
news.wttw.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Even as an appeals court allowed a federal judge to temporarily block the Trump administration from sending 500 National Guard troops into Chicago, teams of masked immigration enforcement agents staged a series of increasingly aggressive raids across the city’s North Side.
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NEW: Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues. The cases reveal how the department failed to vigorously investigate such allegations involving police.
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Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues
Eric Tabb is one of 14 Chicago officers accused of sexual assault in the past decade with at least one other alleged incident of sexual misconduct. The cases reveal how the department failed to vigoro...
www.propublica.org
June 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NEW: Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues. The cases reveal how the department failed to vigorously investigate such allegations involving police.
@mizamudio.bsky.social @invisible.institute
@mizamudio.bsky.social @invisible.institute
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Reporters @mizamudio.bsky.social & Dana Brozost-Kelleher spent months investigating this story: reviewing police records, court filings, and conducting interviews. They found that police officials repeatedly failed to intervene and head off potential harm. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
May 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reporters @mizamudio.bsky.social & Dana Brozost-Kelleher spent months investigating this story: reviewing police records, court filings, and conducting interviews. They found that police officials repeatedly failed to intervene and head off potential harm. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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May 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department
We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on or off duty.
We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on or off duty.
Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department
We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on ...
www.propublica.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department
We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on or off duty.
We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on or off duty.
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A team of my colleagues at @invisible.institute have been working hard on this reporting for months, and I’m excited to see it out in the world today. Please read below, and congratulations to @mizamudio.bsky.social and Dana Brozost-Kelleher, among many others, on this story.
NEW: We identified at least 14 officers in the Chicago Police Department who, according to disciplinary records, have faced multiple accusations of sexual assault or misconduct in the past 10 years.
Most have not been convicted.
With @invisible.institute
Most have not been convicted.
With @invisible.institute
Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.
The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored claims,...
www.propublica.org
May 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A team of my colleagues at @invisible.institute have been working hard on this reporting for months, and I’m excited to see it out in the world today. Please read below, and congratulations to @mizamudio.bsky.social and Dana Brozost-Kelleher, among many others, on this story.
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NEW and IMPORTANT: Chicago Police Fail to Investigate Officers Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Assault, from our partners at @invisible.institute @mizamudio.bsky.social and Dana Brozost-Kelleher
Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.
The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored claims,...
www.propublica.org
May 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
NEW and IMPORTANT: Chicago Police Fail to Investigate Officers Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Assault, from our partners at @invisible.institute @mizamudio.bsky.social and Dana Brozost-Kelleher
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🚨 The Bukele dictatorship is preparing arrest warrants for my colleagues @elfaro.net, after the outlet exposed details of President Bukele’s secret ties to gangs.
May 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
🚨 The Bukele dictatorship is preparing arrest warrants for my colleagues @elfaro.net, after the outlet exposed details of President Bukele’s secret ties to gangs.
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THE entire NIOSH engineering group has been fired among most ALL of NIOSH. It is devastating. www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...
Worker safety agency NIOSH lays off most remaining staff
Laid-off employees ranged from those working in firefighter health programs, to those approving new respirators.
www.cbsnews.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
THE entire NIOSH engineering group has been fired among most ALL of NIOSH. It is devastating. www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.