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Nicole Acevedo

Reporter, NBC Latino

I am a bilingual national reporter specializing in issues affecting Latino communities in the U.S., the Caribbean and Latin America.

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I am a bilingual national reporter specializing in issues affecting Latino communities in the U.S., the Caribbean and Latin America.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


Latest from Nicole Acevedo

6h ago

Dominican families plead for remains of relatives killed in roof collapse amid autopsy backlogs

No nation in the world is equipped to conduct hundreds of autopsies in one day, the Minister of Public Health Victor Atallah said; the death toll as of Friday was 225 people.

Hits by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Vicente Fernández and Freddy Fender added to National Recording Registry

The original Broadway recording of “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Vicente Fernández’s enduring ranchera song “El Rey” and Freddy Fender’s breakthrough song “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” have been inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
1d ago

Death toll rises to 221 in roof collapse at a Dominican Republic nightclub

Authorities in the Dominican Republic have identified 146 of the 221 people who were killed when the roof of a Santo Domingo nightclub collapsed this week.
1d ago

An unimaginable tragedy at a celebrity-studded nightclub plunges Dominican Republic into mourning

Celebrities, officials and Dominicans from the U.S. were among the hundreds who went to see a renowned merengue star perform; now a nation is in disbelief after a roof collapse leaves 184 people dead.
3d ago

98 dead, more than 150 taken to hospitals after roof collapse at Dominican Republic club

At least 98 people are dead, including a governor and two former MLB players, after the roof of a nightclub collapsed early Tuesday during a concert, authorities said.
3d ago

Longtime MLB relief pitcher Octavio Dotel killed in Dominican nightclub collapse

Longtime MLB relief pitcher Octavio Dotel was among the dozens of people killed in the Dominican Republic when a nightclub roof collapsed in Santo Domingo, officials said Tuesday.

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Immigration

4d ago

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Mother and three children arrested by ICE in 'border czar's' New York town released from detention

The family was detained when immigration authorities were conducting an unrelated search warrant near their home on March 27.

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Immigration

7d ago

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Venezuelan organ donor reunites with his sick brother after ICE temporary release

González, who is from Venezuela, hopes to participate in an organ donation program that may help secure a kidney for his brother, who has end-stage renal disease.

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Immigration

8d ago

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Organ donor for ailing brother to be temporarily released from immigration detention

The group helping the Venezuelan immigrant who's donating a kidney for his brother with end-stage renal disease said ICE's temporary release is a "victory" for compassion.

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9d ago

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Govt. immigration scorecard for deportations relied on tattoos and social posts, court filings show

Government records obtained by the ACLU show a point system used by immigration authorities that families and attorneys say unfairly targeted Venezuelan deportees.

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11d ago

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An organ donor for his ailing brother was detained by ICE and faces deportation

José Gregorio González came from Venezuela to help his brother, who has kidney failure. Now, the brother's lifesaving transplant is at risk and his doctor warn time is running out.