Montoya Valdez’s identity was confirmed by the Guatemalan consulate, said Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, who was at the Home Depot parking lot in Monrovia on Friday. Montoya Valdez is from Jutiapa, Guatemala, he said.

A man fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity at a Home Depot was killed after running onto a freeway, California officials say. The Monrovia Police Department got a call about possible ICE activity at 9:43 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, Monrovia City Manager Dylan Feik said in a statement.

A vigil was held Friday evening at the Monrovia Home Depot store that was the scene of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid that city officials say prompted a man to flee onto the Foothill (210) Freeway,

This community group sees East Pasadena as their corner to defend. The work they do is part of a bigger movement.