On Thursday morning, investigative reporter Jason Garcia shared several screenshots on X (formerly Twitter) showing missing or broken web pages for several companies involved in the creation of the remote state-run detention facility tucked away deep in the Everglades.
The screenshot at the top of this story shows the "404" error message that currently appears on the "About Us" page of the website for Critical Response Strategies, a Jacksonville-based firm that was awarded a $78 million contract for security and support services at the site. But New Times found that when the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine crawled that page as recently as May 13, its "Our Team" section included the names and headshots of the chief executive officer, emergency management director, and other higher-ups.
One screenshot shows a "404" error message where the "Our Leaders" page lived on the website for the Jacksonville-based Critical Response Strategies.
Screenshot crawled by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine on May 13, 2025
As previously reported by New Times, Carlos Duart is the president of CDR Companies (formerly known as CDR Maguire), a consulting firm whose affiliate companies include emergency management, disaster recovery, engineering, and health and medical services. The firm has secured numerous state contracts over the years, and Duart is among several Gov. Ron DeSantis allies whose companies helped the state quickly build and open the detention facility. Duart is also the chair of Florida International University’s (FIU) Board of Trustees.
The digital disappearing acts come as lawmakers and human rights advocates raise alarms about conditions at Alligator Alcatraz and the companies behind it. Meanwhile, state contracts related to the detention facility no longer appear on the state's public contract database.
The bio for Carlos Duart, who runs the consulting firm CDR Companies and its affiliates CDR Health and CDR Emergency Management, has vanished from the CDR Health website.
Screenshot via Wayback Machine
Hundreds of detainees — many reportedly without criminal records — are currently being held at the remote tent city deep in the Everglades. The secretive immigration detention center has been described as a "black hole," where detainees have limited access to attorneys and face inhumane conditions like overflowing toilets, massive mosquitoes, and inadequate medical care.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management quickly constructed the site, which officials say will detain more than 3,000 people. The Trump administration has touted the facility as a place to hold the "worst of the worst" criminals before removing them from the country.
Editor's note: Late Thursday evening, New Times received a message regarding the archived "Our Team" screenshot included in this story. Identifying herself as the communications director for "Tudor Dixon's team," Sara Broadwater wrote that Dixon "has not worked for Critical Response Strategies in over a year." Broadwater further requested that New Times "[p]lease remove her image from this article immediately as it is not accurate to associate her with this company or their current work."
Dixon's profile on X (formerly Twitter) reads "Worked in steel manufacturing, mom of four girls, breast cancer survivor, former GOP nominee for governor of Michigan, and host of The Tudor Dixon Podcast." On July 9, she posted a statement in which she announced that she was withdrawing her candidacy for governor and would not pursue a U.S. Senate campaign.
Tudor Dixon's name did not appear in the original text of this story; nor did any mention of her current employment status. But we have updated the story and photo captions to more clearly contextualize the source of the "Our Team" screenshot.
This is a breaking story and will be updated as events warrant.
