Oxnard — In a ceremony that led to tears and hugs, the household of Jaime Alanís Garcia stated goodbye to the daddy of 1 who died after making an attempt to flee from federal brokers throughout an immigration raid on the Glass Home Farms in Camarillo.
Dozens of Alanís Garcia’s relations, associates and neighborhood members attended the wake on the Camino del Sol Funeral House in Oxnard. Relations remembered him as a joyful, hardworking man whose loss of life got here too quickly.
“He was hiding, making an attempt to remain alive,” stated his niece, Yesenia Duran. “He was cherished by the neighborhood.”
Household, associates and neighborhood members attend the general public vigil for Jaime Alanis Garcia, who died throughout a immigration raid at Glass Home Farms in Camarillo.
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On July 10, federal immigration brokers raided two hashish greenhouse operations owned by Glass Home Farms, setting off an intense, hours-long standoff between federal brokers and protesters exterior of the corporate’s Camarillo web site. Greater than 300 undocumented staff have been detained, federal officers stated, and protesters have been injured after brokers exterior the property shot off tear fuel canisters and less-lethal bullets.
Alanís Garcia, 56, was fatally injured when he climbed atop a greenhouse and by chance fell 30 toes whereas fleeing immigration brokers at Glass Home, his household stated. He was taken to the Ventura County Medical Middle, the place he was placed on life help. Duran introduced his loss of life on July 12.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has weighed in, saying that the federal government would think about authorized motion towards the U.S. after his loss of life.
“That is unacceptable,” she stated.
The Division of Homeland Safety has stated that Alanís Garcia was not amongst these being pursued and that federal brokers known as in a medevac for him.
Duran pushed again on that narrative, saying that they have been ready for extra solutions and witnesses into her uncle’s loss of life. “It was a reckless raid,” she stated, one which value her uncle his life.
Household, associates and neighborhood members attend the general public vigil and rosary of Jaime Alanis Garcia.
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On Monday, the physique of Alanís Garcia rested in a brown casket with white trim, his head coated by a black beanie. His casket was surrounded by dozens of purple roses, a hand drawn photograph of him surrounded by monarch butterflies and a big association of white flowers within the form of a cross, a present from his spouse and daughter in Mexico. They’re scheduled to quickly obtain his physique, when he’s returned to his native nation.
Isaac Alanis, 28, grew up dwelling close to Alanís Garcia, who was his mom’s cousin, and got here to see him as an uncle. Alanís Garcia would come over for dinner after work almost each night time, round 6 p.m., and he cherished every kind of meals, from menudo and pozole to Chinese language meals, which he would eat with a fork, as a result of he didn’t know methods to use chopsticks, Alanis stated.
Earlier than arriving at Glass Home, Alanís Garcia spent 10 years working at a flower nursery, Alanis stated.
Generally, he stated, he would be part of Alanís Garcia on the Oxnard Sunday flea market to stroll round and go the time. His uncle, he stated, was an extrovert and was at all times laughing.
“He was joyful,” Alanis stated as he fought again tears. On his cellphone, he had saved a 2020 video of his uncle dancing at a household gathering.
Yesenia Duran, left, the niece of of Jaime Alanis Garcia, holds a portray performed by a buddy of the household displayed on the public vigil and rosary for her uncle.
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On Monday, Alanis stated he felt inspired by the Mexican president’s message, and it strengthened the household’s resolve to get solutions concerning the circumstances of his loss of life, he stated. He wore a shirt that depicted a photograph of his uncle, and on the again, it learn, “justice for Jaime.”
The temper was somber on the funeral house. Outdoors, a hand drawn photograph of Alanís Garcia with wings sat amongst a field of pan dulces.
Representatives from the Mexican authorities arrived and supplied phrases of help and condolences to the household. The Mexican consular employees in Oxnard has stated it will present help to Alanis Garcia’s household, providing to accompany them each in California and in his house state of Michoacán in central Mexico.
A priest led the viewers in a rosary service, calling out Hail Marys in Spanish as they prayed for Alanís Garcia and his relations. The room was full, with many left standing, as they recited the prayer. Many wiped away tears.
When it got here time to bid a remaining farewell, relations held one another tightly as they cried into one another’s arms. A guitarist serenaded the viewers with songs, together with one titled, Caminos de Michoacán, Roads of Michoacán, a ranchera tune that pays homage to Alanis Garcia’s homeland.
