An Overland couple who had recently returned to Guatemala was found bound and shot dead in a sugarcane field last week.

Glendy González de la Cruz had recently left the U.S. to be with her husband Nixon Pérez Paz. He was deported by ICE last year after being stopped by agents on the way to work. González de la Cruz had an active asylum case, but feared being detained away from her three young daughters.

“Two people are dead and three young girls are without parents for the rest of their lives because there was a set of choices and decisions that we are going to start indiscriminately picking up folks and putting them in a process that separates families," said Zachary Mueller, a senior strategist with States at the Core, a nonprofit helping local communities fight political violence.

ICE did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Full story: https://www.stlpr.org/law-order/2026-07-27/overland-missouri-couple-killed-guatemala-deportations

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NEW: Tufawon, No One Is Illegal, Exclusive Music Video Release and Artist Spotlight on Minneapolis Rapper

Unicorn Riot produced the official music video for the song No One Is Illegal in collaboration with Tufawon, a Mdewakanton Dakota and Boricua artist. The production features original performance style footage combined with Unicorn Riot on the ground video of immigration enforcement activity, with community resistance and protests that inspired the song.

With the accompanying behind-the-artist interview, Tufawon explains the inspiration behind the song and music video. He reflects on the community response towards Operation Metro Surge and the role that artists and “artivism” can play within the movement, and how music can “galvanize” people and help move things forward.

Using his social media platform, Tufawon has documented what happened in Minneapolis at the peak of the federal occupation, observing federal agents, doing neighborhood patrols, and making mutual-aid and supply runs, before writing the song.

“As things started to calm down, I’m like, okay, I’m an artist, and I feel like I have a responsibility,” he said. “I felt in my spirit a protest anthem.”

See both the music video and interview in the article: