[Daily Mail, where America gets it news] Nearly 90 children have been rescued from an Iowa Bible study camp as part of an investigation into human trafficking.
The Louisa County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant at the Shekinah Glory camp, operated by the Kingdom Ministry of Rehabilitation and Recreation, in Columbus Junction on June 12 and 13 as part of the ongoing investigation.
Following reports of potential criminal activity, the 88 children were transported from the camp to the Wapello Methodist Church, where they met with child protection workers and were later placed in protective custody, WQAD8 reported.
Victor Bawi, the son of a minister at the camp, confirmed to KWQC that the camp is under investigation for possible violations involving child abuse, endangerment and human trafficking.
He also denied the allegations and said that as of now, no arrests have been made.
Bawi claimed that a 15-year-old boy from Texas called authorities because he didn't want to be at the camp.
'We never harmed that child. We loved him,' Bawi told KWQC. 'We bought him like $400 shoes, clothing, everything.'
Bawi said the camp was created for Christian teenagers from across the country and insisted the children were not in danger.
'Of course I'm upset,' he said. 'The children are pretty upset too, the ones that are with us - well, there's no children with us - but the ones that were with us, and then hopefully this can be resolved soon.'
He continued, 'If they want to investigate, they can investigate. We're innocent. They're not going to find anything. Never abuse anyone.
'You can ask the children as well, they were having fun. During the scene where they took away the children, they were crying. One of my sisters, they had to give her oxygen. She wasn't breathing. She was sad.'
Bawi also expressed hope that the children would return.
'We hope that the children are well and they can come back. We talked to the children and their parents. They want to come back. They want to send their children back.'
The pastor of Wapello Methodist Church said he opened the building after receiving a call from the sheriff's office about the need for a safe space.
He reported that between 80 and 88 children were brought in, though most did not stay overnight. As of Monday, no children remained at the church, according to KQWC.
Columbus Junction residents expressed shock at the incident.
'We don't really see cops - I mean, we live on a gravel road, so it's pretty quiet,' one neighbor told WQAD8. 'They always look like they are having a good time over there. They're always playing soccer or playing games.'
The Kingdom Ministry of Rehab and Recreation was founded in Columbus Junction in 2018, according to its website.
'What we try to do is, we take care of adults and children who are under the influence of drugs, alcohol, nicotine,' Bawi, said.
'The adults and children, we take care of them, we provide food for them. The children we separate from the adults. We separate the boys and girls. We care for them, we provide for them. This summer camp.'
According to the ministry's website, it currently rents five mobile homes and houses over 60 people, with plans to build a church and housing for 100 residents by 2025.
The Bawi family are members of the Chin ethnic minority, originally from Burma (Myanmar), the New York Post reported.
According to an Iowa cultural organization, the state has resettled thousands of refugees fleeing the world's longest-running civil war.
Iowa now hosts one of the largest Burmese populations in the Midwest, with many refugees living in Columbus Junction and working at the Tyson Foods Inc. meat packing plant, which employs translators to assist non-English speakers.
Burma was added to a State Department travel ban list on June 16, as reported by the New York Post.
The investigation into the camp remains ongoing.
The operation was carried out by the Louisa County Sheriff's Office in coordination with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Columbus Junction Police Department, according to WQAD8.
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The United Methodist Church and its adopted new age lifestyle practices is a strange place to hold the kids for Child protection services.
[IsraelTimes] Suspect accused of murdering state’s top Democrat, plus attempting to murder 2nd lawmaker and wife; is tied to evangelical ministries, claims to be security expert with Gaza experience
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ...Kamala's smarmy-looking VP running mate, governor of Minnesota and self-admitted knucklehead, who decided to retire rather than to deploy with his National Guard unit, then claimed to have been in Iraq and Afghanistan. One man's socialism is another man's neighborliness.... said a 57-year-old suspect was arrested on Sunday in the killing of a Democratic state politician and her husband while posing as a police officer.
The arrest was the culmination of a huge manhunt after the shooting deaths of Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, the previous day, which Walz characterized as a "politically motivated liquidation."
Authorities said the arrested suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, also allegedly shot and maimed another Democratic politician, state Senator John Hoffman, and his wife, Yvette, at their home a few miles away.
Walz said Hoffman, hit by nine bullets, was heading for recovery after emerging from his last surgery.
Boelter has links to evangelical ministries and claimed to be a security expert with experience in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip and Africa, according to online postings and public records reviewed by Rooters.
Boelter was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder, a Hennepin County criminal complaint showed.
Three of those charges are punishable with jail terms of up to 40 years, according to the complaint unsealed on Sunday.
When police searched Boelter’s SUV after the shootings they discovered three AK-47 assault rifles, a 9-mm handgun, and a list of other public officials, including their addresses, the complaint showed.
[PJMedia] According to reports, Boelter’s vehicle contained flyers emblazoned with the slogan “No Kings”—the same phrase we saw at anti-Trump protests across the country this past weekend. So far, officials haven’t clarified whether Boelter intended to target those protests or if he was aligned with them ideologically. What we do know is that he left behind a manifesto and a lengthy target list that reportedly named both Democrat and Republican politicians, as well as abortion clinics.
But perhaps most striking is Boelter’s history with the state’s Democrat leadership. In 2019, Gov. Tim Walz appointed him to a four-year term on Minnesota’s Workforce Development Board. Before that, under former Gov. Mark Dayton, also a Democrat, Boelter held a position on a similar advisory council.
Liz Collin, an investigative reporter for Alpha News, released the so-called “hit list” that Boelter had — or, more accurately, a typed-up version of it.
JUST IN: The contents of Vance Boelter's “hit list” have been provided to Alpha News. More than 60 Democrat leaders appear on it along with abortion clinics.
(This is a typed version that was distributed to law enforcement, not the original copy) pic.twitter.com/yw8I64PMEG
Skepticism about the so-called “hit list” is growing on social media, where users have flagged several oddities. The list reportedly contains over 60 names, and while early reports claimed it included both Republicans and Democrats, there don’t appear to be any Republicans on it at all.
Adding to the confusion is the absence of Sen. John Hoffman’s name. Hoffman, whom Boelter allegedly shot along with his wife, would seem like an obvious inclusion. At first, his omission could have made sense since he was already hospitalized and in protective custody, but that logic falls apart when you notice that Melissa Hortman’s name was on the list, even though Boelter had already allegedly killed her.
One state senator on the list died of cancer last December. Another name appears twice. There are other strange details, too.
For a document supposedly central to a targeted attack, it’s oddly inconsistent, and speculation is growing that the list the media received may not be what it seems.
There’s still no update on the status of Boelter’s wife, Jennifer, who remains a key figure in the ongoing investigation. On Saturday morning, police detained her during a traffic stop near Onamia. According to reports, several of Boelter’s relatives were also in the car. According to Tom Hauser of ABC 5 Eyewitness News, nearly a dozen police vehicles descended on the car, locking down the area for as long as three hours. aa
Hauser’s sources say officers found a firearm, ammunition, a large amount of cash, and multiple passports inside the vehicle. While police made no arrests, officers took all individuals into custody for questioning, which raises more questions about how deep this situation goes.
And with hat tips to Deacon Blues and lotp, a taste of all the different ways this story is really, really odd from the Coffee & Covid blog:
The first act of the Minnesota mystery has now closed. The New York Times ran the story headlined, “Suspect in Minnesota Attacks Is Arrested, Ending Manhunt.” They called the largest manhunt in state history. The suspect, Vance Boelter—unemployed but mysteriously well-off—was found crawling through a cornfield about an hour from his house, a scene equal parts Coen brothers and classified op-gone-wrong.
A photo of Mr. Boelter as he was being arrested can be seen at the link.
They didn’t say if he’d crawled the whole way. But I can tell you this: He wouldn’t have lasted an hour in a field in Florida, not in that getup. It’s too hot. Even if he’d taken off his military-style cargo jacket, the skeeters would have got him. Or gators.
Anyway, the story of how they found Vance Boelter, 57, is as convoluted and difficult to credit as the rest of his bizarre story. It begins with an “alert police officer” (I swear that’s what they said), a conveniently located trail camera, drone surveillance, and— Bob’s Your Uncle, there he was. So far, this story bears many parallels to Trump assassin Ryan Routh’s: weird world travels, loads of inactive small business entities, military-level skills (from a pre-retiree!), and unaccountable funding without any visible source of income, which is the fact I will focus on for today’s post.
Boelter, 57, is a deeply strange figure: married father of five, owner of a sprawling rural estate, former convenience store manager, NGO “director,” freelance preacher, security consultant, business panelist, self-described funeral technician, and now—allegedly—a spree killer. His arrest narrative features the trademark deus ex trail cam, a conveniently alert patrol officer, and some helpful drone surveillance. Bob’s your uncle, Vance is in cuffs.
And just like Trump assassin Ryan Routh, the details get weirder the closer you look.
It first grabbed my attention as it became increasingly obvious the entire corporate media was avoiding saying one word in all the Boelter articles: unemployed. So far as I can tell, Boelter’s been out of work since his government grant ran out four months ago and he returned from Congo as though a man possessed by a demon.
But here’s the question: How did Vance Boelter fund an apparently lavish lifestyle —marked by a large home, five children, weapons, at least $50K in cash, disguises, and multiple vehicles (including a late-model SUV modified to look like a police car)— despite being unemployed? Where’d the money come from? It’s a conundrum, but don’t look to media to quell the curiosity.
Available information provides tantalizing clues without any definitive answers, and the narrative around Boelter’s finances is muddled by conflicting hot takes and unverified claims.
Boelter owned a rural home in Sibley County, Minnesota, 60 miles southwest of Minneapolis. He reportedly purchased it with his wife for around $500,000 just a few years ago. It sits on 11 acres halcyon rural acres, far from neighbors. The property, described by some as a “million-dollar estate,” suggests significant financial resources. And anyone who owns a home can imagine how much it costs to keep up. At least three businesses were registered at his address— none having offices or customers.
Boelter also bizarrely rented a room in North Minneapolis— a detail that screams staging house or cover identity, but is being treated like a quirky footnote.
Reports mention multiple vehicles, including a custom SUV (the one modified into a security/law enforcement vehicle), his wife’s car, and another expensive-looking auto found ‘abandoned’ near his home. The weapons and disguises (like a latex mask and police-style ballistic vest) imply access to specialized, costly equipment.
[YouTube] The SANDF today is a far cry from its former strength: holding ~71,000 personnel and operating on just 0.8% of GDP (~R56 billion), the force is plagued by underfunded operations, grounded aircraft, unserviceable ships, and crumbling infrastructure. Its stretched commitments—most recently in the DRC where SANDF troops suffered significant losses in early 2025—underscore systemic neglect and mismanagement. Critics warn that without urgent reform and investment, South Africa’s military will remain incapable of fulfilling its mandate domestically or abroad.
Do they have sniffers for nitrogen bleeds, or RAD sensors?
Following his response, the court opined that litigants cannot change the meaning of words as it suits them, ruling that Uthmeier was in contempt of the court’s April 18 order to provide the TRO to law enforcement officers regarding the enforcement of the immigration law.
As such, the court ordered Uthmeier to file bi-weekly reports detailing arrests, detentions or law enforcement actions when it comes to the immigration law prohibiting undocumented immigrants from entering the state of Florida, with the first being filed by July 1.
If any arrests had been made under the law, Uthmeier was ordered to notify the court about the details of the arrests.
And still it was higher than that of the average live Democrat...
[Regnum] Neurosurgeon Ajmal Zemmar from the University of Louisville (USA) tried to find an explanation for one of the near-death phenomena described by American hospice nurse Julie McFadden. According to her, she often observes such cases at work.
This was written about by the Metro publication.
Neurosurgeon Zemmar says brain can show memories before death
As the nurse explained, many patients have visions in the last days of life, which she distinguishes from hallucinations and manifestations of mental illness. In particular, some patients claim to see the dead.
The experiment was conducted by Dr. Zemmar, who studied the electroencephalogram of an 87-year-old patient 30 seconds before and after cardiac arrest. The oscillations in the brain after the patient's death showed that during the "transition to another world" and even for some time after that, the brain can remain active.
The neurosurgeon did not rule out that the brain at this time may show the last memories of important life events. This type of activity may explain the phenomenon of "flashes of life," when a person experiences vivid and detailed memories of significant events in their life before death.
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OK, we understand the brain needs fresh O2 enriched blood to stay alive.
With age, there is decay, with reduce blood and O2 flow issues start kicking in.
Or look at the other fact.
Given the well known fact, many a person has been given CPR and brought back from being dead for 2 to 4 mins after a heart stoppage. Kinda indicates the brain is still alive and registering something about what is going on around it for some time.
So, whether the many related health issues related to dying kick in a dual "Here and Hereafter" scenario is a valid question.
Sharing a personal note.
In our case... My 91 y/o Mother-in-law, a sweet angel of a person. Told us she would be dying that day, about 14 hours before she did. Family, being told of her warning, flew in from the Midwest or drove hours to be at her deathbed. She passed with her family around her.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...Kamala's smarmy-looking VP running mate, governor of Minnesota and self-admitted knucklehead, who decided to retire rather than to deploy with his National Guard unit, then claimed to have been in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
