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.

Immigration raids have slowed since a federal judge temporarily barred agents from targeting people solely based on race, language, vocation or location. But some higher-profile sweeps have returned at Home Depot locations,

Federal authorities said MS-13 gang members have a "chokehold" on the area near MacArthur Park where the raid took place.

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

On day 68 of ongoing ICE raids, nearly 30 people were abducted from car washes and Home Depots including permanent residents and workers on the job. Meanwhile, immigrant families, workers, students, and allies marched peacefully from MacArthur Park to the federal detention center to protest the raids,