NJ ICE Agent “El Gordo” Identified as Michael Smith of Bucks County PA

  • August 7, 2026 1:05 am

from The Toto Report

Last Fall a South Jersey ICE agent, nicknamed “El Gordo”, gained infamy for repeatedly harassing, kidnapping, and terrorizing immigrant communities in and around Lakewood, NJ.

El Gordo has now been verified to be Warrington PA (Bucks County) resident Michael “Mike” Smith.

El Gordo the ICE agent aka Mike Smith.

Just as his namesake implies, Smith lives an unremarkable and boring life when he is not breaking apart families and traumatizing NJ residents. Currently, Smith lives in Warrington, PA with his last known address being located on Palomino Drive. He is 41 years, is married, is a homeowner, has two children, and is a Disney Adult.

Previously, Smith lived in Camden County, NJ and still maintains ties to that area of South Jersey.

Smith and his family during a recent trip to Disney.

Smith has several identifying features including a dark closely trimmed beard, dark unkempt hair, wide set hips, and  several poorly done tattoos on his upper arms and chest.

Smith was employed as a U.S. Marshal for some time, however, it is not clear at the time of publishing if he is operating solely as an ICE agent or doing double duty while maintaining a position within the U.S. Marshals.

Smith’s FaceBook profile.

Mike Smith, you no longer have the protection of anonymity. Any sense of safety you had before is now over. The entire tri-state region is now aware of your identity and what you are.

Breaking The Ice

  • March 27, 2026 1:07 am

Submission

April 5th 6pm Wooden Shoe 704 South Street
Anarchists in Philly talk with comrades from the Twin Cities about
their experiences building rapid response networks, how Minnesota thwarted Operation Metro Surge and lessons drawn about how to defeat fascism

List of New and Proposed ICE Detention Centers Across the US

  • March 7, 2026 1:40 am

from Unravel

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

In mid-January, government officials went on a series of site visits at the following locations of proposed ICE detention centers. Their plan is to retrofit industrial warehouses to save time and money. If all of these facilities were built it would add up to over 15 million square feet of space and increase bed space by 85,000, which would in turn facilitate more “surge” operations to detain our neighbors en masse. It’s up to us to stop them.

“Mega Centers”

50 Rausch Creek Road, Tremont, PA

Processing Sites

3501 Mountain Road, Hamburg, PA

CONFIRMED purchased warehouses:

3501 Mountain Rd, Hamburg, PA 19526 (capacity 1,500)

 

New and expanded offices (from WIRED):

Berwyn, PA – 1000 Westlakes Drive

Philadelphia, PA – 801 Arch Street

York, PA – Yorktowne Medical Center

 

Day of the Forest Defender Banner Drop

  • January 21, 2026 1:54 am

Submission

In honor of our fallen comrades Renee Nicole Good, Tortuguita Teran, and all others murdered by the police state, we dropped several banners along the vine street expressway on the morning of Jan 18th, on the third anniversary of the Day of the the Forest Defender.

YOURE STANDING UNDER AN AI CAMERA-Poster for print out

  • December 16, 2025 1:05 am

Submission

[Poster PDF]

11×17″ poster available for print out – Text reads “DONT LOOK NOW BUT/ YOU ARE STANDING UNDER AN AI CAMERA- Wait to Look Up/ These cameras are connected to the “Real Time Crime Center”- They have facial recognition software and the ability to zoom in far and track between cameras and blocks/ All this information exists in a cloud- your biometrics being collected are stored & unprotected, available to large tech vendors & nation wide law enforcement-there are thousands of data points across the city/ Cameras are used to gather info to capture immigrants, dissidents, traffic violators & strengthen the school to prison pipeline/ IN A MATTER OF SECONDS THE AVERAGE CITIZEN CAN BECOME AN ENEMY OF THE STATE/ Techno-fascism is here- Destroying the planet and eliminating privacy/Resist and Sabotage that which moves us away from sacred living/ Stay Wild”
The purpose of this campaign is to make individuals aware of how their movements are being tracked around a city and to note where these cameras are being installed- The camera featured in this poster is a Hikvision DS 2CD2385FWD-1, however, most IP camera can be integrated into the RTCC software- It is worth noting that body cameras are also used in these systems. One popular company making equipment for RTCCs and police is Axon. Real Time Crime Centers, aka “The Center” is an egregious new territory of surveillance with terrifying modular options for privacy protections in addition to blurred lines between jurisdictions. It is popping up in cities all over the so called United States. In addition to variables on how and where this information is being stored and who has access to it, it is unclear what data is being collected beyond facial recognition and location tracking and how that technology plans to advance (and how quickly it will advance). It is also unclear how this data will be paired with Shotgun Detection Equipment (discrete microphones placed around cities that are constantly listening and also have ambiguous tech and privacy protections) to further collect data on individuals. Some systems are using generative AI to analyze information and alert authorities/ deploy officers to specific areas. There is reasonable concern that content generate by AI will be used against children as a way punishing/institutionalizing, will deepen racist, classist, transphobic policing and accelerate systemic rights violations.

The following is not connected to RTCC systems but a very real example of AI policing that validates speculation on how AI policing & RTCC could easily be used against children.

<In 2021 the Pasco County School District entered into a secret data-sharing agreement with the local Sheriff’s Office, allowing police access to student information along with records of child abuse, crime victimization and even parental custody disputes. The data was entered into an algorithm developed by cops to predict “prolific criminal offenders”. At height, the program generated scores for 18,000 children. Students with high schools experience police interrogations, arbitrary home visits and exclusionary discipline.>

Let us not forget US administration has bullied public agencies to adopt artificial intelligence to the greatest extent possible through measures such as Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence and Executive Order 14319, Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government as well as the White House AI Action Plan.

Techno-Fascism is no longer based suspicion nor sci-fi diaster fantasy, rather, it is an atrocious attack against autonomy rapidly shaping our everyday lives and strengthening the power of the state. May more people than those on the fringes start fearing Police AI. This technology is currently and widely being used to track immigrants for kidnappings. This is heinous and alludes the probability that it will be used to capture anyone who the states deems undesirable. To what you will with these posters and may you do much more. Burn the panopticon.

Do You Know This Man? ICE Agent “El Gordo” Terrorizes South Jersey Immigrant Communities

  • December 1, 2025 1:36 am

from Jersey Counter-Info

This individual, dubbed “El Gordo”, has been seen by several community members around Lakewood, NJ terrorizing and assisting in detaining people in the immigrant community with ICE. He is suspected to be a bounty hunter/federal (ICE) agent himself based on his behavior and presence in the area. When seen recently, he refused get out of his car when confronted about his actions.

If spotted please send tips via phone call or email to: 888-347-3767 or DIREsupport@improvingNJ.org

Any tips about El Gordo’s identity can be sent to: jerseycounterinfo@protonmail.com

El Gordo detaining and harassing a South Jersey community member.
El Gordo sitting in his vehicle, a light gray/silver Hyundai Sonata with NJ plates, in South Jersey.

 

El Gordo standing next to his light gray/silver Hyundai.

 

El Gordo’s Hyundai with NJ plates “B73UMH”.

 

Este individuo, nombrado como el gordo, ha sido visto por varios miembros de la comunidad de Lakewood, NJ aterrorizando y ayudando en la detención de la gente por parte de ICE. Se sospecha que él es un cazador de recompensas y no agente federal debido a su comportamiento y presencia en el área. Cuando recientemente se encontró enfrentado, ni estuvo dispuesto bajar de su carro para contestar por sus acciones.
Si lo ve por favor llama al: 888-347-3767 o manda un mensaje a DIRESupport@ImprovingNJ.org
Cualquier pista sobre la identidad de El Gordo se puede enviar a: jerseycounterinfo@protonmail.com

Fundraiser Bar-B-Que for Jakhi & Prairieland, TX Defendants

  • September 26, 2025 1:24 am

Submission

L.A. Reportback: Resistance to I.C.E.

  • September 14, 2025 1:53 am

from O.R.C.A.

Tuesday, September 16th

6pm

O.R.C.A.

Join comrades coming from Los Angeles for a report back and Q&A discussion about ICE resistance, from rapid response networks to tactical observations. A photo of an ICE vehicle with masked people swarming around it. Text reads: "ICE Resistance in LA: A Reportback. 9/16 6pm@ ORCA

 

Suspect in vandalism of Weitzman Museum of American Jewish History’s Israeli flag surrenders to police

  • September 11, 2025 1:54 am

from Mainstream Media

The museum near Independence Hall and its Israeli flag display were vandalized with red paint twice last month.

A worker washes off red paint last month from the first vandalism on the “The Weitzman Stands with Israel” banner and Israeli flag on the side of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History on Independence Mall.
A worker washes off red paint last month from the first vandalism on the “The Weitzman Stands with Israel” banner and Israeli flag on the side of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History on Independence Mall.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer

Philadelphia police on Tuesday said a 33-year-old South Jersey man has been charged in connection with two incidents last month of vandalizing the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and its large Israeli flag display with red paint.

Leroy Hayes, of Woodbury, was charged with ethnic intimidation, criminal mischief, and possession of an instrument of crime, police said.

Hayes surrendered to police on Monday.

On Aug. 18, the Israeli flag and a white section beneath it that reads “The Weitzman Stands with Israel” on the west-facing wall were vandalized with red paint.

On Aug. 25, the museum’s manager notified police that an unknown individual had vandalized additional areas of the museum’s walls and grounds.

The museum had been planning to replace its entire Israeli flag display with a large “Bring Them Home Now” display to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas and to bring attention to the hostages who are still in captivity, a spokesperson for the Weitzman said last month.

A few days after the second incident, however, Dan Tadmor, president and CEO of the museum, issued a statement saying a version of the Israeli flag would remain as part of the building display.

Tadmor said the museum did not want to create “a perception that we were capitulating to vandals or had somehow walked back our position of unequivocal support for Israel and its people.”

Tadmor added: “As the nation’s Jewish museum, there can never be any misunderstanding as to our identity and positions: we are a proudly Jewish and proudly Zionist institution.”

Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a statement after the second vandalism incident:

“The Weitzman Museum is literally steps away from the birthplace of democracy and a symbol of liberty and justice for all. Antisemitic vandalism has no place there — or anywhere in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania — and must be universally condemned. Expressing views through acts of hate doesn’t further a cause.”

Statements about the police brutality in Indonesia

  • September 11, 2025 1:42 am

from Durian Distro

Press Statement: On the ongoing crackdown against West Papuan activists (27th August 2025)

The Merdeka West Papua Support Network strongly condemns the ongoing crackdown on democracy activists in Papua, today, Wednesday, 27 August, in the town of Sorong, following the unlawful transfer of four Papuan political prisoners to Makassar District Court — a clear violation of Article 85 of Indonesia’s Criminal Procedure Code.

Milk Tea Alliance Statement on the Brutality of Policing in Indonesia (29th August 2025)

A rail station tear-gassed, Affan Kurniawan killed by being run over by an armoured car protesters attacked with water cannons, batons, and the brutality of policing. Over 600 people have been arrested. That was just on the 28th of August in Jakarta, when thousands protested against excessive government pay. Yet it is not isolated, protests in Pati a few weeks earlier faced similar police violence, as did the protests against the TNI law earlier this year. This is not okay, the violence by the police and security forces has been brutal, excessive, and indiscriminate. Moreover, journalists have been attacked and media organisations threatened.

Anti-Border Demonstration Report

  • August 15, 2025 1:59 am

Submission

On the night of July 22 autonomous actors gathered in Center City to express their rage against borders. They took the streets. They marched for many blocks. Then they dispersed. Propaganda was distributed, trash got thrown onto the floor, some walls got themselves painted, and a police cruiser got itself vandalized. No arrests were made.

This demonstration was partly a response to the protests that have taken place over the last two years. We hope it showed that a protest may be called in the middle of the city in a way where the police cannot respond adequately. All that needs to be done is for the invitation to be shared in channels that are not being actively monitored by the police.

Borders will always be a way of controlling an inequitable distribution of capital, labor, and commodities. Borders will always be cruel and inhumane regardless of whether there’s a white or black president in charge. Peace under a state that is snatching people out of their homes and streets and sending them to concentration camps is another way of saying “collaboration”. Peaceful “resistance” in these conditions is little more than moral posturing.

No one is coming to save us. The time to act is now.

Sincerely,

Abolish ICE & Fuck the Police

L3 Harris Job fair

  • August 14, 2025 1:14 am

Submission

Thought y’all should know that the government contractor L3 Harris is hosting a job fair in Camden, NJ. They are a major government contractor that just recently landed a large ICE contract.

“L3Harris Technologies is a major U.S. defense contractor, L3 Harris has a $4.4 million contract to provide “equipment to determine the location of targeted mobile handsets to investigate crimes and threats” for ICE. ”

The address is: DoubleTree by Hilton Mt. Laurel: 515 Fellowship Rd, Mt Laurel Township, NJ 08054
2-6PM August 20th

Please share widely!

Cameras Painted in Malcolm X Park

  • July 24, 2025 1:24 am

Submission

Coasting off our excitement about autonomous self-organization, on the night of July 22nd we painted over all four cameras at Malcolm X Park. We want the park to stay the kind of place where people can meet and hang out without being surveilled, that’s why we took the game of Camover there. We’re holding in our hearts two people who have been accused of attacking ICE and policing and who were recently captured after being on the run, Jahki and Benjamin Song.
Solidarity with everyone fighting ICE and police!

Camover Across Turtle Island!

  • July 7, 2025 1:08 am

from Unravel

Issuing a challenge to regional anarchist networks across turtle Island! ! Camover has hit Montreal, Philly, and now New Jersey.

Grab your crew, spread propaganda, make a call specific to your local counter info site/spread thru signal networks if not applicable and get in on the smashy fun! Don’t let your city be left behind or unnecessarily surveilled. Philly has its first confirmed kill, and the heat only is making people go harder.

If you don’t know the game or the rules, it’s about disabling CCTV cameras, in the name of community defense against police incursion into our daily lives. Between facial recognition and high powered cameras with zoom and pan features, masking up, good bloc, and getting rid of those goddamn things is all the more important. Not to mention ALPRs like Flock (ride your bike or walk while camera hunting)
the rules are simple: use any tools at your disposal, make sure it doesn’t work, and don’t get caught ! The level to which you make it not work is obviously time location and method dependent, but get creative and have fun. Let us soon gather anywhere we like, confident we aren’t being watched by our enemies, unless they get off their ass and come see us

With so much love and equal rage ~some East Coast transsexual anarchists
Move like our dead are still beside us. They are our greatest strength and wisdom

Cop/ICE Watch

  • July 3, 2025 1:02 am

from O.R.C.A.

Join us for a night of learning, discussion, and roleplaying centered around cop/ice watching. Bring your curiosity and a friend.

  • Date: 2025/07/10 18:00