"What I saw was Alligator Alcatraz,' a skeleton dressed in black holding a hatchet and a crocodile underneath. It looked like something demonic. The former detainee said he believed the patch was a scare tactic. It made me feel like I was bound to die."
"The guard behind the homemade patch was identified as Steven Martinez, an officer who is now reportedly under investigation over a physical altercation with another guard. He told me he made the patches and that he gives them to people including other guards, said Courtney Prokopas, who works with Witness at the Border."
Guards at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz, have been wearing unofficial patches depicting an alligator skeleton with a grim reaper holding a scythe and the words "you can't hide." Officer Steven Martinez created and distributed these homemade patches to other guards. Former detainee Lewis Ortigoza reported seeing the patch and described it as demonic and frightening, believing it functioned as a scare tactic. Courtney Prokopas from Witness at the Border confirmed Martinez made and distributed the patches. Martinez is currently under investigation by Florida Highway Patrol following a physical altercation with another officer at the facility.
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