Ventura County officials identified the farmworker who family members say succumbed to injuries suffered during a July 10 federal immigration raid near Camarillo.
Jaime Alanís Garcia’s death was reported to the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office at 4:45 p.m. on July 12, the office said in a statement. Medical examiners performed an autopsy on July 14 and said Garcia’s death remains under investigation.
Garcia, 56, was among hundreds of workers and protesters caught up in a massive immigration sweep at Glass House Farm on Laguna Road near Camarillo. The Department of Homeland Security said July 14 that officers arrested 361 people suspected of being undocumented immigrants.
The farmworker had been at the greenhouse complex, which is one of the state’s largest licensed cannabis farms, during the raid.
The medical examiner was not yet able to provide the cause or manner of Garcia’s death, but an update on the fundraising site GoFundMe said Garcia sustained “catastrophic” injuries. Yesenia Duran, the fundraiser’s organizer, wrote that family had been told Garcia was chased by ICE agents and fell 30 feet.
The July 10 incident was not without other casualties. The Ventura County Fire Department said July 11 eight people were taken to local hospitals from the incident.
United Farm Workers posted on X July 12 about the farmworker, saying their hearts were heavy for his grieving family.
“We’ll do everything we can to support them. We continue to work with hundreds of farm worker families navigating the aftermath of this violent raid.”
Duran wrote that Garcia, her uncle, would be taken to his Mexican hometown of Huajumbaro, Michoacán to be laid to rest.
“His wife and daughter are waiting for him,” she wrote.
Isaiah Murtaugh covers Oxnard, Port Hueneme and Camarillo for the Ventura County Star. Reach him at isaiah.murtaugh@vcstar.com or on Signal at 951-966-0914.
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