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An Overland couple who had recently returned to Guatemala was found bound and shot to death in a sugarcane field.

Nixon Giovanni Pérez Paz and Glendy Marisol González de la Cruz were killed weeks after González de la Cruz self-deported to be with her husband, who was deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year.

Their 14-month-old daughter, Giovanni, was found crying beside her mother’s body in southern Guatemala. The child showed signs of dehydration and was taken to a medical center, where she is recovering, according to Guatemalan news outlet ABC Stereo.

Guatemala’s National Civil Police told local news outlets that Pérez Paz, 43, and González de la Cruz, 25, had been gagged and had their hands and feet bound. Authorities said both showed signs of physical trauma. Prosecutors are investigating the killings.

“I felt that they took the thing I wanted most,” said Rolando Pérez Paz, Pérez Paz’s 51-year-old brother, in an interview with STLPR. “I felt a huge pain because it was my brother, my sister-in-law — people that wanted to work, to fight.”

The couple was reported missing July 20 after leaving home to register a motorcycle in a nearby town, according to Rolando Perez Paz. The deaths followed several months of struggles with financial hardships, run-ins with the federal government and violence.

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In the early hours one morning last April, Pérez Paz was driving his 51-year-old brother, Rolando Pérez Paz, to their roofing jobs when they were stopped near their home by ICE.

A group of agents exited an unmarked vehicle and swarmed them, taking them out of their white work van and later putting them in handcuffs and shackles before taking them to the Phelps County Jail, since-deported Rolando Pérez Paz told St. Louis Public Radio on Monday from his home in Guatemala.

The agents didn’t explain much other than telling him there wasn’t a warrant out for their arrests but that they were being arrested for entering the county illegally and that they would be deported.

The two men were in the country without legal status, fleeing violence and poverty from the Central American country, said Rolando Perez Paz.

An ICE spokesperson confirmed the stop and arrest in Overland when agents located and arrested Pérez Paz for “being unlawfully present in the United States.”

The spokesperson said he was convicted twice for drunken driving in Overland and put on four years’ probation, but no records appear in the Missouri court database to support that account. ICE also pointed to a 2010 open-container charge against Pérez Paz in Palm Beach, Florida — an ordinance violation that prosecutors dropped.

“Since Day One, DHS law enforcement has been delivering on President Trump’s promise to the American people to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists,” the spokesperson wrote in a late Monday email. “ICE remains committed to removing criminal aliens from our communities by enforcing immigration laws and maintaining the integrity of our borders.”

Overland Police Chief Andy Mackey said the department was not involved in the two men’s stop, detention and deportation last year. In an unrelated May 2024 incident, court records show Pérez Paz had pleaded guilty to driving without a valid driver’s license after being pulled over by Overland police and subsequently paid the roughly $200 fine.

When reached by phone on Monday, David Diamond, Pérez Paz’s Brentwood-based traffic attorney listed on the 2024 court docket, declined to answer questions about his former client and did not invoke attorney-client privilege — an ethical guideline to keep many conversations confidential with clients. When STLPR informed Diamond that Pérez Paz had been shot and killed alongside his wife, he said it “doesn’t matter” before hanging up.

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González de la Cruz remained in Overland, where she gave birth to the couple’s third daughter in June 2025. She worked two manual labor jobs while raising their children but eventually decided to return to Guatemala with her girls as financial pressures mounted — and grew increasingly fearful that she would be detained and separated from them despite working through an active asylum case, according to organizers with Fuerza, a St. Louis-based immigrant rights group she was a part of.

“I think this is indicative of the problem and the broken process,” said Zachary Mueller, a Kansas City-based strategist at States at the Core, a nonprofit helping local communities fight authoritarianism and political violence. “It belies that idea that any of this is about public safety because now two people are dead and three young girls are without parents for the rest of their lives.”

Rolando Pérez Paz said he is caring for Nixon and Glendy’s three young daughters in Guatemala but has had difficulty explaining the deaths to them.

“If immigration hadn’t picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn’t be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn’t see that. It makes no difference to them.”

A spokesperson for ICE, Guatemala’s National Civil Police and Overland Mayor Marty Little did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

A candlelight vigil for the couple is planned at Overland City Hall at 6 p.m. Aug. 2.

This story has been updated to include comments from ICE and additional information related to a conversation with traffic attorney David Diamond.

Costco shoppers in Washington may be eligible to receive a cash payout after the retailer agreed to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the retailer of sending misleading promotional emails advertising limited-time offers.

The lawsuit alleges Costco violated Washington’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act (CEMA), which regulates commercial email marketing.  

Under CEMA, recipients may recover up to $500 per qualifying email. However, the actual payout from the settlement is currently unknown and will depend on the number of valid claims submitted. 

While denying any wrongdoing, Costco agreed to pay $14 million to settle the lawsuit, Aaland v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

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People arrive and depart at a Costco Wholesale store on June 13, 2026, in Bayonne, New Jersey.  (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images / Getty Images)

Washington residents whose email addresses are in Costco’s records and who received the promotional emails between June 2021 and July 2026 may be eligible to file a claim. 

To receive a share of the settlement, eligible class members must submit a claim form by Aug. 24, 2026.

According to the lawsuit, Costco allegedly violated state law by sending commercial emails with deceptive subject lines that created a false sense of urgency by advertising limited-time offers that plaintiffs allege the retailer intended to extend beyond the advertised promotional period. 

Examples of the subject lines cited in the lawsuit include “Today is the last day to access Member-Only Savings” and “Hot Buys available for 5 Days Only.”

Customers look over food items at a Costco store in Colchester, Vermont, in August 2024. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images / Getty Images)

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The net proceeds of the $14 million settlement will be distributed equally among class members who submit valid claims after court-approved attorneys’ fees, litigation costs and service awards are deducted. The exact payout per person remains unknown because it will depend on the total number of approved claims. 

Each class member may submit only one claim form, regardless of how many qualifying promotional emails they received from Costco.

Individuals may also choose to opt out of the settlement to preserve their right to sue separately or object to its terms by Aug. 24. 

Those who take no action will receive no compensation and will be barred from pursuing future legal claims related to the allegations covered by the settlement.

The court will decide whether to grant final approval to the settlement on Oct. 2, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. PT in Seattle. 

Customer handing receipt to door checker employee at the exit, Costco megastore, Queens, New York. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)

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First Test, Tarouba (day three of five)

West Indies 311 (Hope 92; Ali 4-50) & 126-7 (Chanderpaul 35, Abbas 3-14)

Pakistan 282 (Masood 109; Greaves 5-27)

West Indies lead by 155 runs

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West Indies all-rounder Justin Greaves took five wickets without conceding a run in an incredible spell of bowling on day three of the first Test against Pakistan.

Greaves, who is playing in his 17th Test, claimed his maiden Test five-wicket haul to help dismiss Pakistan for 282 in response to West Indies’ first-innings total of 311.

The 32-year-old Barbadian’s spell – five consecutive wicket maidens – was all the more remarkable given he had bowled six overs earlier in the day for 27 runs without taking a wicket.

“When I came on captain Roston Chase just said ‘continue to be disciplined in what you are doing’ and to see if I can get some wickets for the team,” Greaves said.

“The ball nipped around and I got some reward. Anytime I get the ball in hand the team looks to me to be that solid player for them [and] try to dig us out of situations.

“To get five wickets for the first time in Test cricket, I’m really happy, but there’s still a lot of work to do in the game.”

Former Pakistan captain Shan Masood was Greaves’ first wicket at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad when he was bowled for 109 in the 64th over following a superb set-up.

Greaves had pushed the ball wide to the left-hander from over the wicket before he tailed a delivery back into Masood who played down the wrong line and inside edged on to his stumps.

Aamer Jamal had his middle stump uprooted in Greaves’ next over as the seamer speared one through his defences.

Greaves then trapped Ali Usman lbw before he had Mohammed Rizwan and Mohammad Abbas both caught behind as Pakistan lost their last seven wickets for just 38 runs.

West Indies reached stumps on day three on 126-7 in their second innings – a lead of 155 runs – to leave the match finely poised.