A Guatemalan man died on Thursday after an SUV struck him as he fled from a federal deportation raid in California.
The morning of the incident, Immigration and Customs Enforcement was raiding a Home Depot in Monrovia, California, according to KABC-TV in Los Angeles.
Evidently, the raid sent Carlos Roberto Montoya, 52, running toward the 210 Freeway, where an SUV struck him at between 50 and 60 miles per hour.
He was later taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.
“The Consulate General of Guatemala in Los Angeles deeply regrets this sad event and is currently in contact with the family, providing the necessary assistance,” the consulate said in a statement to KABC-TV.
Democratic California Rep. Judy Chu said he had lived in the U.S. for three years.
“Make no mistake, his death is a direct result of the Trump administration’s strategy of sowing fear and intimidation throughout our community,” Chu said. “It’s designed to instill fear, so that people will risk anything, even their lives, to escape it.”
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