Farmworker Dies After Fleeing a Federal Raid in Southern California
Farmworker Dies After Fleeing a Federal Raid in Southern California

Farmworker Dies After Fleeing a Federal Raid in Southern California

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Farm worker dies a day after chaotic immigration raid at California farm

At least 10 people were arrested in a raid on a cannabis farm in California. A man was killed in the raid and his body was taken to a local hospital. A woman was injured in a separate raid and taken to the hospital. The man’s body was later released. The raid took place in the town of Carpinteria, about 50 miles north of Los Angeles. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating the incident. It is not clear if the raid was a result of the raid or if it was a response to a previous raid in the same town in 2010 that left six people dead. The incident is being investigated by the Department of Health and Human Services and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention and Control, which is responsible for the operation of the cannabis farm. The operation was called off after the second raid, which took place on July 10. The first raid occurred on July 7 and involved the arrest of a man and his wife who had been working on the farm for two weeks.

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A farmworker died Friday from injuries that he sustained a day earlier in raids on two California cannabis farm sites as US immigration authorities confirmed they arrested 200 workers after a tense standoff with authorities.

Jaime Alanis’s death was confirmed in a social media post by the United Farm Workers advocacy group. “We tragically can confirm that a farm worker has died of injuries they sustained as a result of yesterday’s immigration enforcement action,” the post read.

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that authorities executed criminal search warrants in Carpinteria and Camarillo, California, on Thursday. They arrested immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally and there were also at least 10 immigrant children on site, the statement said.

Four US citizens were arrested for “assaulting or resisting officers”, the department said. Authorities were offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of one person suspected of firing a gun at federal agents. At least one worker was hospitalized with grave injuries.

During the raid, crowds of people gathered outside Glass House Farms at the Camarillo location to demand information about their relatives and protest immigration enforcement. A chaotic scene developed outside the farm that grows tomatoes, cucumbers and cannabis as authorities clad in helmets and uniforms faced off with the demonstrators. Acrid green and white billowing smoke then forced community members to retreat.

View image in fullscreen Federal agents block people protesting an Ice immigration raid at a cannabis farm near Camarillo, California, on 10 July 2025. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Glass House, a licensed California cannabis grower, said in a statement that immigration agents had valid warrants. The company said workers were detained and it is helping provide them with legal representation.

“Glass House has never knowingly violated applicable hiring practices and does not and has never employed minors,” the statement said.

It is legal to grow and sell cannabis in California with proper licensing. State records show the company has multiple active licenses to cultivate cannabis.

On Friday, about two dozen people waited outside the Camarillo farm to retrieve the cars of loved ones and speak to managers about what happened. Relatives of Jaime Alanis, who has worked picking tomatoes at the farm for 10 years, said he called his wife in Mexico during the raid to tell her immigration agents had arrived and that he was hiding with others inside the farm.

“The next thing we heard was that he was in the hospital,” Juan Duran, Alanis’ brother-in-law, said in Spanish, his voice breaking.

Elizabeth Strater, national vice president of the United Farm Workers, said Alanis was injured after a 30-foot fall from a building during the raid.

View image in fullscreen Juan Duran, and his wife, no name given, wait outside Glass House Farms, where a relative was injured during a previous day immigration raid, on 11 July 2025, in Camarillo, California. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

After immigration agents arrived at Glass House’s farm in Camarillo on Thursday morning, workers called family members to let them know authorities were there. Relatives and advocates headed to the farm about 50 miles (80km) north-west of downtown Los Angeles to try to find out what was going on, and began protesting outside.

Federal authorities formed a line blocking the road leading through farm fields to the company’s greenhouses. Protesters were seen shouting at agents wearing camouflage gear, helmets and gas masks. The billowing smoke drove protesters to retreat. It wasn’t clear why authorities threw the canisters or if they released chemicals such as teargas.

Ventura county fire authorities responding to a 911 call of people having trouble breathing said three people were taken to nearby hospitals.

At the farm, agents arrested workers and removed them by bus. Others, including US citizens, were detained at the site for hours while agents investigated.

The incident came as federal immigration agents have ramped up arrests in southern California at car washes, farms and Home Depot parking lots, stoking widespread fear among immigrant communities.

The mother of an American worker said her son was held at the worksite for 11 hours and told her agents took workers’ cellphones to prevent them from calling family or filming and forced them to erase cell phone video of agents at the site.

View image in fullscreen People embrace outside Glass House Farms, a day after an immigration raid on the facility, on 11 July in Camarillo, California. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

The woman said her son told her agents marked the men’s hands with ink to distinguish their immigration status. She spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because she feared reprisals from the government.

United Farm Workers said in statement that some US citizens are not yet accounted for.

Maria Servin, 68, said her son has worked at the farm for 18 years and was helping to build a greenhouse. She said she spoke to her son, who is undocumented, after hearing of the raid and offered to pick him up.

“He said not to come because they were surrounded and there was even a helicopter. That was the last time I spoke to him,” Servin, a US citizen, said in Spanish.

She said she went to the farm anyway but federal agents were shooting teargas and rubber bullets and she decided it was not safe to stay. She and her daughter returned to the farm Friday and were told her son had been arrested Thursday. They still don’t know where he is being held.

“I regret 1,000 times that I didn’t help him get his documents,” Servin said.

Source: Theguardian.com | View original article

California migrant killed after falling from greenhouse while trying to run from ICE

Jaime Alanís was working at Glass House Farms in Camarillo when ICE raided it on Thursday and several migrants took off running. While trying to escape the raid after agents showed up armed, he fell 30 feet off a building and broke his neck and skull. He was taken to the hospital and was on life support before he succumbed to his injuries on Friday. The family said he would be buried in Mexico if he didn’t make it. The raid was part of the broad federal crackdown on undocumented workers in Southern California that quickly spiraled. There is now a $50,000 reward being offered by the FBI to capture that man. 10 illegal juveniles were found working at the cannabis farm, which is now being investigated for child labor violations. The farm’s sprawling cannabis operation, one of the largest in the state, was quickly sealed off with yellow crime scene tape marked ‘U.S. Border Patrol’

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A Mexican father working in the US died after falling off a building while running from ICE agents in Southern California during a chaotic raid.

Jaime Alanís was working at Glass House Farms in Camarillo when ICE raided it on Thursday and several migrants took off running.

While trying to escape after agents showed up armed, he fell 30 feet off a building and broke his neck and skull, a family member told ABC 7.

He was taken to the hospital and was on life support before he succumbed to his injuries on Friday.

Alanís was working at the cannabis farm in Ventura County to send money home to his wife and daughter in Mexico.

‘My uncle Jaime was just a hard-working, innocent farmer,’ his niece Yesenia Duran wrote in a GoFundMe. ‘He was his family’s provider.

‘My uncle’s life is in critical condition; doctors have told us he won’t make it. His injuries are catastrophic. His heart is still beating. God will make His decision.

Before he died, the family said he would be buried in Mexico if he didn’t make it.

Jaime Alanís was working at Glass House Farms in Ventura County when ICE raided it and several migrants took off running. While trying to escape the raid after agents showed up armed, he fell 30 feet off a building and broke his neck and skull

Alanís was taken to the hospital and was on life support before he succumbed to his injuries on Friday

The fundraiser had garnered more than $20,000 in the first four hours of going live. As of Friday evening, it has raised more than $37,000.

Daily Mail has reached out to the family and Glass House Farms for comment.

Members of the National Guard were deployed to the farm on Thursday along with federal law enforcement agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

It was part of the broad federal crackdown on undocumented workers in Southern California that quickly spiraled.

After ICE agents fired smoke canisters into a crowd of demonstrators near Laguna Road, an individual could be clearly seen raising a firearm and appeared to discharge it in the agents’ direction.

There is now a $50,000 reward being offered by the FBI to capture that man.

Agents blocked off roads and stormed the facility in what witnesses described as a sudden and aggressive operation.

Video and photos from the scene showed ICE agents clashing with a crowd of more than 100 people – many of them farmworkers or their family members – who had initially formed a human blockade along the road.

As crowds continued to grow, agents began throwing smoke canisters and tear gas. This sent most people running in the opposite direction, though some were compelled to throw rocks at ICE officers.

It was a scene of absolute chaos, with protesters, farmworkers, and family members scattering throughout the fields.

The chaotic raid took place at Glass House Farms in Camarillo Thursday

Several federal immigration agents were seen clashing with protesters during the raid

The Ventura County Fire Department was on the scene to provide treatment to people who were affected by tear gas or smoke inhalation.

‘The Ventura County Fire Department was dispatched at approximately 12:15 pm on Thursday, July 10th to provide medical aid as a result of federal enforcement activity along Laguna Road in the Oxnard Plains,’ the department said in a statement.

‘VCFD was requested through our county’s 911 system solely to provide medical aid and has no connection with any federal immigration enforcement actions.’

At least three people were taken to the hospital while about 200 others were detained.

CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott also revealed that 10 illegal juveniles were found working at the cannabis farm, which he said is now being investigated for child labor violations.

He then shared a photo of the kids they discovered, who were all sitting in front of five federal agents.

The farm’s sprawling cannabis operation, one of the largest in the state, was quickly sealed off with yellow crime scene tape marked ‘U.S. Border Patrol.’

Source: Dailymail.co.uk | View original article

Boxer Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis arrested in South Florida on domestic violence charge

Professional boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis arrested early Friday morning in South Florida. Davis, 30, was picked up shortly after midnight near the popular Lincoln Road area of Miami Beach. The charge was connected to an incident that occurred last month in Doral, police say. Davis was being held on $10,000 bail; jail and court records didn’t list an attorney for Davis.. The WBA lightweight champion won his first 30 bouts, 28 by knockout.

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Professional boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis was arrested early Friday morning in South Florida on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge.

Davis, 30, was picked up shortly after midnight near the popular Lincoln Road area of Miami Beach, officials said.

The charge was connected to an incident that occurred last month in Doral, a residential city in western Miami-Dade, Miami Beach police spokesperson Christopher Bess said. Davis and his vehicle information had been added to a law enforcement database, and a license plate reader set up in Miami Beach flagged his car.

Miami Beach police made the initial stop and then turned Davis over to Doral police, Bess said.

Davis was being held on $10,000 bail. Jail and court records didn’t list an attorney for Davis. His promoter didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Davis, who is from Baltimore, is in the regular conversation for best pound-for-pound boxer. The WBA lightweight champion won his first 30 bouts, 28 by knockout, with his devastating punching power drawing sellouts crowds from New York to Washington to Las Vegas.

But Davis was booed during his most recent fight. Despite being an overwhelming favorite, he underperformed March 1 in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center but escaped with a majority draw against Lamont Roach that allowed Davis to retain his belt.

Referee Steve Willis’ decision not to award Roach a knockdown in the ninth round ultimately changed the fight’s outcome.

Whether that performance was a one-off for Davis or an indication of a declining fighter, crowds still likely will turn out to see Davis if and when he returns to the ring after his most recent legal trouble.

He was sentenced to 90 days of house arrest for a hit-and-run in November 2020 in Baltimore that injured several people. Davis eventually served the remainder of the sentence in jail after checking into a luxury hotel and then a new home without the court’s permission.

Davis also was charged in two other domestic violence cases, both in South Florida. The first case was discharged, according to ESPN. The second was dismissed after the woman refused to press charges.

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Tom Homan rips violent clashes at California pot farm where illegal minors were working, blames Dems’ ‘Nazi’ rhetoric

Border Czar Tom Homan blamed the violence at a California pot farm as proof anti-ICE protests will turn deadly. Homan spoke out the morning after protesters were seen hurling rocks — and one even appeared to fire a gun — at agents stamping down on a massive marijuana operation. Agents used canisters with an unknown substance and fired less-than-lethal rounds, forcing them to retreat. One man in all black appeared to let off a few shots among a crowd of other protesters scampering away from advancing agents. The FBI has now launched an investigation into the alleged shooting and is offering a reward up to $50,000 for information leading to a conviction.Five people were taken to the hospital, according to the Los Angeles Times. The farm is now under investigation for child labor violations, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott announced late Thursday night after 10 juveniles — “all illegal aliens” — were found at the facility.

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Border Czar Tom Homan on Friday angrily condemned the violence at a California pot farm as proof anti-ICE protests will turn deadly, blaming the inflammatory rhetoric of Democrats comparing agents to Nazis.

Homan spoke out the morning after protesters were seen hurling rocks — and one even appeared to fire a gun — at agents stamping down on a massive marijuana operation where they found 10 illegal-migrant juveniles, eight of whom were there without an adult.

“What happened in California is just another example of protesters becoming criminals, and they’ve been emboldened by even members of Congress who compare ICE to Nazis and racists and terrorists,” Homan said on “Fox & Friends” Friday morning.

7 A demonstrator kneels as federal agents raid a farm in Camarillo, California. AP

7 A protester flees as ICE officers fire chemical agents into the crowd during a raid in Camarillo, California. AFP via Getty Images

“I said months ago, it’s going to end up with a loss of life — and we had one the other day in Texas, and it’s not over,” he said, referencing the gunman who opened fire on border patrol agents walking into work in McAllen Monday.

Immigration agents who descended on Glass House Farms in the city of Camarillo — one of the biggest cannabis farms in Southern California — were met by dozens of demonstrators gathered on a road between fields where the uniformed officers stood in a line across from them.

A military-style helicopter flew overhead, video shows.

7 Tear gas billows from canisters thrown by federal agents toward protesters in Camarillo, California. via REUTERS

Protesters shouted and screeched until agents used canisters with an unknown substance and fired less-than-lethal rounds, forcing them to retreat. Several of the protesters threw what appeared to be rocks back at the officers, according to ABC 7.

As they retreated, a masked man in all black appeared to let off a few shots among a crowd of other protesters scampering away from advancing agents.

The FBI has now launched an investigation into the alleged shooting and is offering a reward up to $50,000 for information leading to a conviction.

7 An individual was spotted allegedly firing a weapon toward federal agents. ABC 7

The clash lasted four hours as US Customs and Border Protection set up a blockade with military-style vehicles in the pastoral region.

Video from ABC 7 shows numerous workers being taken into custody at the scene. It’s unclear exactly how many were detained.

Five people were taken to the hospital, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The farm is now under investigation for child labor violations, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott announced late Thursday night after 10 juveniles — “all illegal aliens” — were found at the facility, including eight without an adult, he said.

7 Border czar Tom Homan ripped the chaos at the farm. Pool/ABACA/Shutterstock

DHS officials reposted video originally posted by Gov. Gavin Newsom, in which he references President’s Trump’s “Newscum” nickname for the governor and then calls the president “the real scum.”

“Why are there children working at a marijuana facility, Gavin?” the DHS asked.

7 Protesters stand in front of ICE agents near a pot farm in Camarillo, California. Getty Images

Glass House Farms said it “fully complied with agent search warrants.”

The stand-off drew widespread criticism from California leaders, including U.S. Congressman Salud Carbajal, who was denied entry when he tried to get past federal agents into the farm.

Newsom’s office accused President Trump’s advisor, Stephen Miller, of sparking “terror” in local communities.

7 A protester washes eye with milk after federal immigration agents tossed tear gas during a raid in Camarillo, California. AP

“There’s a real cost to these inhumane immigration actions on hardworking families and communities, including farmworker communities, across America,” Newsom’s office said.

“Instead of supporting the businesses and workers that drive our economy and way of life, Stephen Miller’s tactics evoke chaos, fear and terror within our communities at every turn.”

Source: Nypost.com | View original article

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/us/immigration-raids-farmworker-death.html

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