Christopher Monzon was strolling by Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah on Sunday evening, October 23, when he was assaulted by a bunch of males, in response to Vince Medel, president of the Miami Springs Republican Club.
Monzon has served as vp of the Miami Springs Republican Club and is a former member of the white nationalist group Florida League of the South.
Medel says that one heavy-set assailant inflicted most of Monzon’s accidents throughout the assault, which left Monzon’s face lacerated and severely bruised. Monzon is presently being handled at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital.
“He’s resting proper now,” Medel tells New Times. “I’m right here along with his father.”
Last evening one among our canvassers carrying my T-shirt and a Desantis hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who informed him Republicans weren’t allowed of their neighborhood in #Hialeah #Florida
He suffered inside bleeding, a damaged jaw & will want facial reconstructive surgical procedure pic.twitter.com/36QpbySg58
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) October 24, 2022
The Hialeah Police Department confirms that it has arrested 22-year-old Javier Jesus Lopez and charged him with aggravated assault in reference to the incident.
A police report equipped to New Times signifies that Lopez confronted Monzon on East sixtieth Street whereas Monzon was handing out flyers. Lopez allegedly stated, “You cannot move by right here. This is my neighborhood.” During an argument that adopted, Lopez grabbed Monzon and “proceeded to slam him” in opposition to the bottom, in response to the report, whereupon he continued beating the defenseless Monzon within the face. (The report is connected under.)
In a tweet posted Monday morning in regards to the incident, Sen. Marco Rubio famous that the canvasser, whom he didn’t establish by identify, was carrying a Rubio t-shirt and Ron DeSantis hat when he was attacked. The senator claimed the person was informed by his attackers that Republicans weren’t welcome within the neighborhood.
According to Rubio, the sufferer suffered inside bleeding and a damaged jaw.
Rubio’s spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to New Times requests for remark.
In its present kind, the Hialeah police report doesn’t point out a political dispute, nor does it point out that Lopez focused Monzon as a result of Monzon is a Republican.
In a 2021 interview with the Daily Dot, Monzon, who was operating for a seat on the Hialeah City Council on the time, claimed to have resigned from the white nationalist group League of the South in 2018 after 5 years with the outfit. He informed the Daily Dot he regretted utilizing slurs in opposition to Black and Jewish folks throughout his time with the group.
Monzon was arrested in August 2017 after charging at a crowd with a Confederate flag throughout a Confederate street-name protest in Hollywood, in response to a police report.
He additionally was recognized as an attendee of the lethal 2017 Unite the Right rally a number of weeks earlier in Charlottesville. According to the New York Times, Monzon maintained on-line ties to a few of his League of the South associates throughout his failed metropolis council bid.
New Times tried to interview Monzon and his household in his hospital room on October 24 with an invite from the hospital’s media division. Former and present members of the Vice City Proud Boys had been on the hospital and refused to grant entry to the room.