A Day laborer and neighbor from Santa Ana was detained by unidentified agents in the Home Depot parking lot located at Edinger and Grand.
Graphic new video footage appears to show the moment multiple masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests beat a father of three U.S. Marines in the street, before he was bundled into the back of an unmarked car.
Narciso Barranco, 48, a landscaper from Tustin in Southern California, was left bloodied and visibly shaken after being violently detained by at least seven alleged immigration officers while working outside an IHOP on Saturday.
In one short video first posted by Santa Ana Councilman Johnathan Hernandez and the social Instagram account @Santaanaproblems, alleged Customs and Border Protection agents struck Barranco in the head at least six times, thrusting his face into the concrete and kneeling on his neck, before he was forced into the back of a light-colored Chevrolet SUV using a truncheon.
Barranco’s shoulder was left dislocated, his eldest son, Alejandro, a 25-year-old Marine veteran, told the Los Angeles Times.
In a second, close-up recording shared by the social media account, alleged agents wrestled a string trimmer from Barranco’s hands.
Screams and high-pitched whines could be heard from Barranco as several alleged officers knelt on top of his body, pinning him to the floor as cars drove past honking their horns.
“Give me your hand,” one agent said to Barranco, who was returned with further squeals.
“Hey, leave him alone bro!,” a person filming from a nearby vehicle shouted.
One of the alleged agents, sporting a balaclava and sunglasses, briefly unholstered what appears to be a pistol before placing it back on his hip.
