Carlos Roberto Montoya, a 52-year-old Guatemalan father and day laborer, was fatally struck by a vehicle on Interstate 210 on August 14 after allegedly running from federal agents near a Home Depot in Monrovia. U.S. Customs and Border Protection described the victim as an "unknown pedestrian" who was "struck by a vehicle" north of the Home Depot parking lot. The National Day Laborer Organizing Network demanded that Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta open a state investigation, release a report naming the victim, and hold federal agents accountable. CBP said it learned of the death from media reports and interviewed personnel involved. Newsom and Bonta did not respond to email requests for comment.
An immigrants rights group isdemanding that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Attorney General Rob Bonta launch an investigation into the death of Carlos Montoya, a Guatemalan father who was fatally struck by a car on August 14 as he allegedly ran from federal agents who were abducting people outside a Home Depot in Monrovia, California. "The people of California have a right to know what happened on that day," the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) said in a press release on August 26.
The group issued its call the day after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) posted an announcement about Montoya's death, almost two weeks after it occurred. The agency stated that an "unknown pedestrian" was "struck by a vehicle on Interstate 210" at about 9:50 am on the morning of August 14, "approximately 250 feet north of the Home Depot parking lot where the USBP [U.S. Border Patrol] enforcement action had taken place earlier that morning." CBP goes on to claim that it learned of Montoya's death from media reports and that the agency subsequently interviewed "USBP personnel involved in the enforcement action."
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