A grave marker at Holy Cross Cemetery in Fresno for 28 Mexican nationals killed in a 1948 plane crash outside Coalinga. The story deemed them “deportees.” They were buried in a mass grave at Holy Cross Cemetery in Fresno under a bronze marker that read: “28 Mexican citizens who died in an airplane accident.” The American government never even bothered to tell their family members. Until January, when ICE dredged it up to once again insult the memory of the lost Mexican immigrants. ICE’s inexplicable recapOn Jan. 28, the social media accounts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement commemorated Chaffin’s death and only his. In an administration that knows no lows, dismissing the Mexican victims of the Los Gatos Canyon disaster as “illegal Mexican aliens” was particularly egregious.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 17, 2026 17:31 UTC