A quick fact check
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2025 - Posted by Rich Miller
* There’s so much wrong with this Homeland Security press release. He wasn’t released “onto the streets of Chicago,” for one. Much more importantly, Megan Bos’ mom and the Lake County Coroner have both said she wasn’t decapitated, and the coroner said there were no signs of trauma or struggle. The local cops are now investigating threats against the county judge who released the guy, but, prior to the Pretrial Fairness Act, accused people were routinely released on cash bail for the same offense. There’s more, but behold…
ICE Arrests Criminal Illegal Alien Who Concealed and Abused Body of a Missing Woman After Sanctuary City Judge Freed Illegal Alien onto Streets of Chicago
On July 19, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Chicago arrested Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, a 52-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, who was charged in April with concealing the body of a missing woman in a storage container on his yard for two months, abusing her corpse, and obstruction of justice.
Waukegan Police Department officers discovered the body of 37-year-old victim Megan Bos in a container in Mendoza’s yard in April after she had been reported missing on March 9, 2025.
Her body was found decapitated and in a bleach storage container by officers. Mendoza was charged in April. However, Lake County Judge Randie Bruno released him from custody at the conclusion of his court appearance, where he was immediately allowed to freely roam the Chicago streets.
This criminal illegal alien is currently being held at Lake County Jail in Waukegan, Illinois.
“Everyday ICE is arresting sickos like criminal illegal alien, Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, and stopping them from terrorizing Americans. This depraved alien was charged with concealing the body of a missing woman in a storage container for months and abusing her corpse,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “It is absolutely repulsive that a judge freed this monster and allowed him to walk free on Illinois’s streets after allegedly committing such a heinous crime. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, Megan Bos and her family will have justice.”
* And, despite the claims of the Illinois Freedom Caucus, the suspect hasn’t been accused of killing Megan Bos because, as noted above, there is no evidence of trauma…
After a judge released a dangerous illegal immigrant accused of brutally killing and concealing the body of a woman, ICE was able to arrest him and make another community safer.
* I asked the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice for a response because I have yet to see any local news media outlets try to inform their own coverage. Excerpt…
Our heart goes out to Megan Bos’s family. Losing a child is unimaginable, and we cannot begin to comprehend the pain her family must be experiencing.
Unfortunately, as has been the norm for those who opposed the Pretrial Fairness Act, State Representatives Patrick Sheehan and Tom Weber have used this tragedy to attack the state law that ended the use of money bond. Because of the Pretrial Fairness Act, the size of a person’s bank account is no longer the main factor determining who is released pretrial.
The legislators have falsely blamed the law for the pretrial release of Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, who is accused of hiding Ms. Bos’s body after she died from a drug overdose in his home. He is not charged with her murder or harming her in any way or even providing her with drugs. As the Representatives know, before passage of the Pretrial Fairness Act, Mr. Mendoza-Gonzales also could not have been detained for the charged offenses. At most, he would have been ordered to pay a sum of money to secure pretrial release—as people routinely did in even much more serious cases. Blaming Mr. Mendoza-Gonzales’s release on the end of money bond is simply an opportunistic political stunt.
Based on the facts available to the public, Mr. Mendoza-Gonzales has complied with all of the conditions of his pretrial release. In fact, his case was scheduled to go to trial this November—that is, until his arrest on July 19th by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Disturbingly, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is now sharing gory fabricated details as part of its attempts to villainize immigrants through false accusations. A statement from DHS falsely claimed that Ms. Bos had been decapitated, an accusation both her mother and the Lake County Coroner have publicly dismissed.
More here and here.
* Also…
The Lake County state’s attorney’s office said a criminal trial and sentencing is more appropriate than deportation hearings because Mendoza-Gonzalez could face consecutive prison sentences on conviction but could be “free in days” if deported.
- Demoralized - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 11:28 am:
I’m sure the feds don’t feel the same way since they’ll probably be dropping him off in Africa since we just ship these people out all over the world.
- In the weeds - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 11:34 am:
Disgusting (if unsurprising) lies from the Trump admin. Thank you for this fact check, Rich.
- JS Mill - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 11:52 am:
=“Everyday ICE is arresting sickos like criminal illegal alien,=
Toddler mentality.
- Lincoln Lad - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 11:56 am:
If you don’t tell these constant lies, the support for what they are doing would erode even faster than it has been. This won’t stop, and most will never hear the actual truth.
- DuPage Saint - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 12:10 pm:
People charged with crimes should have their trials. If found guilty do their time and then if here illegally be deported. It makes no sense to me why the government is giving a person charged with a felony a pass on prison and a trip back home
- Johnny B - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 12:18 pm:
What’s wrong with this is that apparently in Illinois you can’t be detained for covering up a drug overdose in your basement, leaving the body for a few days, destroying the victim’s phone and then carrying her to your backyard bleach storage container where she remained for a few months
The victims Mother is working with lawmakers to examine why the man was allowed to remain free regardless of his immigration status
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 12:20 pm:
=== you can’t be detained for===
You couldn’t be detained indefinitely before the law, either. Try reading the post.
- Johnny B - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 12:28 pm:
I didn’t mention the SAFE T act in my comment
The victim’s Mother didn’t mention that either but she is working to make behavior like this detainable
The sixth amendment to US Constitution doesn’t allow for indefinite detention and guarantees the right to a speedy trial for those accused of crimes
- Macon Deliberations - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 12:29 pm:
As someone who grew up in Antioch public schools, my heart remains for Megan, her family, and her friends. It is also truly tragic that folks will use horrific occurrences like this to justify not tweaking the American immigration system for the better.
- Macon Deliberstions - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 12:30 pm:
Sorry, my heart remains broken.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 12:31 pm:
===I didn’t mention the SAFE T act in my comment ===
Don’t gaslight me.
And, again, read the post. You could simply bail out of jail for these offenses.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 12:31 pm:
Also, if you read the post: “Based on the facts available to the public, Mr. Mendoza-Gonzales has complied with all of the conditions of his pretrial release”
- Johnny B - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 12:38 pm:
Maybe bailing out of jail for serious offenses like this isn’t a good policy
The Antioch Mayor and the local state Representative doesn’t seem to think so
Not everyone who wants changes to SAFE T act is dealing in bad faith
- Excitable Boy - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 12:55 pm:
- Maybe bailing out of jail for serious offenses like this isn’t a good policy -
None of your distractions here excuse the blatant lies by this administration.
- In the weeds - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 1:09 pm:
==Maybe bailing out of jail for serious offenses like this isn’t a good policy==
This isn’t just some Illinois policy, it’s the US constitution and bill of rights. You are complaining about the presumption of innocence and the fact that in this country, as a rule, people are not supposed to be punished and jailed before trial.
Also while this fact pattern is very alarming, this is not “a serious offense” — it’s actually the lowest class of felony (class 4). That’s why it wasn’t detainable before and isn’t detainable now. Felonies class 3 and above are always detainable under the Pretrial Fairness Act, but most were not before under the money bond system. The actual charges here are one step away from a misdemeanor.
Again, the facts are so awful for the family. It may be impossible for us commenters to understand why or how this happened, but the reality is that he didn’t hurt her. No one is even alleging that. There is simply no justification for jailing everyone who is presumed innocent when there isn’t even the suggestion that there is a safety issue here!
- ArchPundit - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 1:14 pm:
===Maybe bailing out of jail for serious offenses like this isn’t a good policy
It’s not a murder or even an assault. It’s not reporting the death, covering it up, and defiling the corpse more in line with not having it properly handled after death.
Do you think he is going to do this repeatedly? It seems like he deserves to be charged and held accountable, but what is the danger to the larger society that he should be detained for? Flight risk maybe, but the judge can consider that.
- Juice - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 2:16 pm:
I wonder if fear of being rounded up by ICE and shipped off to El Salvador is why this guy didn’t call an ambulance when she overdosed like he should have.
- LJ - Tuesday, Jul 22, 25 @ 4:48 pm:
=I wonder if fear of being rounded up by ICE and shipped off to El Salvador is why this guy didn’t call an ambulance when she overdosed like he should have.=
Boom. This is important. The Trump admin might want to run around all day saying they are the big bad wolf and that they are “law and order” when in reality when you come into the court house and arrest people who have legal status, you are encouraging people to skip court, aka you are encouraging crime.
If you arrest people who might have answers to unsolved crimes, you make those crimes unsolvable.
If you can’t figure out how to let folks with cancer stay here for treatment and arrest people in hospitals and schools, you encourage folks to stay hidden and undocumented.
This is not only morally wrong, but also just a bad way achieving their goals.