News about Michael Ramirez

No one can watch what I have seen and not be changed by it. I was one of about 20 journalists at a private screening of the raw footage of Israel's 10/7 attack on Israel late Thursday afternoon. The Israeli Consulate in Manhattan was packed with security; the unmarked building was surrounded by police. We used to have our phones and notebooks in lockers. Through two locked doors to a conference room, we were led in small groups. None of us wanted to be there. However, we all have to be there for this film, which was designed by the Israeli Army, will never be released. The point of these viewings, the consulate staff told us, was to make sure that "conspiracies and distortions don't make it into mass media." They already have, as we know. According to the Israeli Consulate, this film has been seen approximately 7 times. The question now isn't who has seen this video. The question is: Who among the powerful and influential has not?

After an altercation with his aunt and uncle over their strict rules, Michael Ramirez, 15, escaped from his family's home in Sacramento in 2020. He rushed to Holga Castillo Olivares, a 61-year-old teacher who was also the mother of Michael's teenage daughter, despite their unknowledged behavior. He lived with Olivares and her family at their house for two years, just 20 miles away from his own. Olivares allegedly lied to cops when she was asked about the boy's whereabouts, according to his aunt.

Since reporting him missing, a California teacher was charged with concealing a teenage boy whose family spent two years looking for him. After a dispute with his aunt and uncle about their tightening laws in Sacramento, Michael Ramirez, 15, walked away from his family's home in Sacramento in 2020.