Latino Newspaper Publisher Slams Sylvia Ortiz-Velez Charge as ‘Ridiculous…Retaliation’

“I thought it was ridiculous,” Latino newspaper publisher Victor Huyke said of the criminal complaint against state Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez. “It was vague. I couldn’t understand what the charges even are. It sounds like a fight between two schoolkids, and the police were called to handle it instead.”

Victor Huyke, the editor of the most prominent Latino newspaper in Milwaukee and a long-time community leader, is slamming the criminal charge filed against Democrat state Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez.

“I think it’s ridiculous,” Huyke said in an interview with Wisconsin Right Now. “I think (prosecutors) even filing it seems like political motivation, retaliation. The fact is that Sylvia has been working hard for the community. She’s brought a lot of legislation, more legislation than most Democrats.”…

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