Alejandro Barranco, son of 48-year-old gardener Narciso Barranco, visited his father at the Metropolitan Immigration Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday. “He looked bad, Barranco said. “He was wearing the same clothes he was in when they caught him. There was still blood on his shirt. He just looked scared. His eyes are red. He says they’re burning.” The immigrant arrested Tuesday was gardening outside an IHOP on Ritchey Street and Edinger Avenue when he was brutally beaten by Border Patrol agents. “This doesn’t make me love my country any less. I love it more because I see all these people standing up for people like my dad,” said the young man, who is part of the United States Marine Corps, like his two brothers. Through the CARE2PETITIONS website, nearly 13,000 people had signed to request the arrest and prosecution of the masked Border Patrol (CBP) agents who beat the father of the three U.S. Marines. Likewise, the amount of donations for Narciso Barranco’s legal defense has risen to $210,223, in an account GoFundMe, which describes her visit to her son in jail, through an interview with MSNBC.

Official Version“Border Patrol agents arrested an undocumented immigrant who attempted to evade law enforcement,” DHS Deputy Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. “The undocumented immigrant fled, turned, and pointed a weed whacker directly at an agent’s face. He then fled across a busy intersection and again pointed the weed whacker at the agent. The undocumented immigrant consistently refused to comply: he resisted commands, resisted being handcuffed, and refused to identify himself. Agents took appropriate action and followed their training to use the minimum force necessary to resolve the situation, prioritizing the safety of the public and our officers. He is now in ICE custody.” The video does not show Narciso Barranco attacking No one. A witness to the incident even shouted at the officer, Hey! Why are you hitting him? Before being transferred to Los Angeles, the Mexican citizen, who was not identified by authorities of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs published an information note entitled: “The Mexican Consulate in California provides comprehensive assistance to a fellow citizen detained in Santa Ana.” “Regarding the case of a fellow citizen detained near a restaurant in Santa Ana, California, by ICE agents, it is reported that the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles conducted the consular interview at the ICE detention center in that city, and formally and officially requested that he be provided with the corresponding medical attention to corroborate his health status, in addition to remaining in communication with ICE to clarify the facts.” The note adds that: "On the other hand, personnel from the General Directorate of Consular Protection and Strategic Planning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted his family to reiterate the consular and legal support, as well as the willingness of the Ministry to provide legal assistance to the case, which will be channeled to one of the providers of the External Legal Advisory Program (PALE) to determine legal actions. Sergio Perez, executive director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, said the aggressive force used by federal authorities against Narciso Barranco is, on its face, unjustified. “It is a symbol of Trump’s continued and unlawful offensive against refugee and immigrant communities in Los Angeles and across the country,” he added. “The Trump administration and its immigration enforcement machinery are designed to violate the rights of our loved ones and friends and to stifle the energy of our community through violent repression.” Sergio Perez reflected that Latino and minority communities across the country have lived with police violence throughout their history. “The abuse of power by police is not new; what is new is the Trump administration’s empowerment of masked federal police officers… whose disregard for our Constitution and federal law is evident in their daily treatment of residents of Los Angeles and elsewhere. “Staff from the General Directorate of Consular Protection and Strategic Planning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted his family to reiterate their consular and legal support, as well as the Secretariat's willingness to provide legal assistance in the case, which will be channeled to one of the providers of the External Legal Advisory Program (PALE) to determine the appropriate legal actions.”

Unjustified Sergio Perez, executive director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, said the aggressive force used by federal authorities against Narciso Barranco is, at first glance, unjustified. “It is a symbol of Trump's continued and illegal offensive against refugee and immigrant communities in Los Angeles and across the country,” he added. “The Trump administration and its immigration machinery are designed to violate the rights of our loved ones and friends, and to stifle the energy of our community through violent repression.” Sergio Perez reflected that Latino and minority communities across the country have lived with police violence throughout their history. “The Police abuse of power is not new; what is new is the Trump administration's empowerment of masked federal police officers…, whose disregard for our Constitution and federal law is evident in their daily treatment of residents of Los Angeles and elsewhere.”