Gardener seen being hit by immigration agents in June video is released from detention [View all]

Source: NBC News

The immigrant father of three U.S. Marines was released from federal custody Tuesday, three weeks after being violently detained by immigration agents while working his landscape job in Santa Ana, California, last month.

Narciso Barranco was released on $3,000 bond from Adelanto Detention Center. Authorities had accused Barranco of assaulting a federal agent with a weed whacker, but he and his family denied the claim, saying he was trying to protect himself from pepper spray.

"When he heard that, he was shocked," Alejandro Barranco said. "He never intended to hit anyone. He never intended to hurt anyone."

Barranco was charged only with being in the country illegally, not for the alleged assault of an agent, his son said.



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This peaceful, hard working father of 3 Marines, who has been in the US for 30 years, without any criminal record, got mauled and pepper sprayed by ICE while cutting grass at an IHOP. Then, ICE tried to smear him, claiming he attacked them, something the video did not show. I'm glad he is free. Hope he gets the relief he requests at his August hearing. He is finally getting due process, but only because his arrest caught the attention of the country.