DHS defends viral video of CBP agents detaining undocumented landscaper wielding weed whacker in California
A video has now gone viral showing a landscaper in Santa Ana appearing to be panicking and swinging a weed whacker before being tackled by CBP officers The immigration enforcement officers in the video can be seen appearing to tackle and strike Narciso Barranco a husband and father of three sons who are United States Marines while he was doing his landscaping job outside an IHOP on Edinger and Ritchey in Santa Ana CA The video is sparking outrage as questions are being raised about the alleged use of force by agents and whether Barranco who is undocumented was allegedly trying to mow down officers attempting to detain him or only trying to run away FAMILY OF MARINE VETERAN ALLEGEDLY SHOT BY ILLEGAL MIGRANT SLAMS DEM DA FOR 'SOFT'-ON-CRIME APPROACHSanta Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua posted her reaction video on Instagram after seeing what she described as the horrendous video Now this gentleman is being arrested by ICE agents and all I have to tell you is that I am deeply upset the way they handled our group The way they are handling our neighborhood This arrest looked so unprofessional and just wrong in so various procedures They are not here to protect us and serve these agents right here are here to hurt us Amezcua mentioned The Department of Homeland Protection has accused the media of misportraying the episode writing on X that the man was attempting to run away from law enforcement and allegedly began to swing the weed whacker directly at a demarcation patrol agent's face FEDERAL AGENTS CAPTURE ALIEN ACCUSED OF RAPE ASSAULT WHILE LA POLITICIANS CONDEMN ICE OPERATIONS He ASSAULTED federal law enforcement with a WEED WHACKER Perhaps the mainstream media would like our officers to stand there and be mowed down instead of defending themselves What a entirely slanted portrayal of what indeed happened the post stated In a message to FOX DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin proposes they took the appropriate measures The agents took appropriate action and following their training to use the minimum amount of force necessary to resolve the situation in a manner that prioritizes the safety of the populace and our officers the report read However Immigration Council senior fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick mentioned he disagreed about what the video supposedly depicts The video shows him vaguely waving a weed whacker at someone far outside his reach as he runs away from people he says didn't identify themselves or even say anything as they ran at him That is not assault under any definition of the term And it doesn't merit BEING BEATEN Reichlin-Melnick responded in a repost of the video A GoFundMe set up by Jacqueline Vasquez says the way immigration officers handled Barranco was disgusting CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP He is a good hard working man He has raised his family here and has established himself here What we ALL saw at present was disgusting and heart wrenching Time after time we are seeing stories like this one it stated According to the page Barranco had gone over hours without biological attention and was still wearing the bloody clothes he was detained in It also states he is in a cell with about people and only receives water once a day Fox News Digital has reached out to Jacqueline Vasquez for comment
