OXNARD – At a ceremony that ended with tears and embraces, Jaime Alanis Garcia’s family bid farewell to the father of a man who died after trying to escape from federal agents during an immigrant raid at the Glasshouse Farm in Camarillo.
Dozens of Alanis Garcia’s family, friends and community members attended Wake at Camino del Sol Funeral Home in Oxnard. The family thought he was a hardworking man if he died too early.
“He was hiding and trying to stay alive,” said his nie, Yesenia Duran. “He was loved by the community.”
Family, friends and community members will be present at the public vigil of Jaime Alanis Garcia, who died during an immigration attack at Glasshouse Farm in Camarillo.
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On July 10, federal immigration agents stormed two cannabis greenhouse businesses owned by Glasshouse Farm, causing a fierce multi-hour conflict between federal agents and protesters outside the company’s Camarillo site. More than 300 undocumented workers were taken into custody, and protesters were injured after agents outside the patient fired tear gas cans and non-fatal bullets, federal officials said.
Alanis Garcia, 56, was fatally injured while climbing to the top of the greenhouse, accidentally collapsed 30 feet, fleeing immigration agents in a glass house, his family said. He was taken to Ventura County Medical Center, where he was given life support. Duran announced his death on July 12th.
Mexican President Claudia Sinbaum said the government would consider legal action against the United States after his death.
“This is unacceptable,” she said.
The Department of Homeland Security says that not among the people Alanis Garcia is being pursued, but federal agents have called Medebak for him.
Duran pushed the story back and said he was waiting for more answers and witnesses to his uncle’s death. “It was a reckless assault,” she said.
Family, friends and community members will be attending Jaime Alanis Garcia’s public vigil and rosary.
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On Monday, Alanis Garcia’s body rested in a brown cas with white trim, and his head was covered in a black beanie. His cas were surrounded by dozens of red roses, hand-drawn photographs surrounded by monarch butterflies, and large arrangements of white flowers in the shape of a cross, a gift from his wife and daughter in Mexico. When he is returned to his home country, they are scheduled to receive his body soon.
28-year-old Isaac Alanis grew up near his mother’s cousin Alanis Garcia and came to see him as his uncle. Alanis Garcia came to dinner at about 6pm, almost every night after work. He loved all kinds of food, from menudo and pozzol to Chinese cuisine.
Before arriving at Glass House, Alanis Garcia had worked at the Garden for 10 years, Alanis said.
Sometimes he said he joined Alanis Garcia at the Oxnard Sunday Flea Market and spent time walking around. His uncle was an extrovert and always laughed, he said.
“He was full of joy,” Alanis said, fighting back tears. On his phone, he had saved a 2020 video of his uncle’s dance at a family gathering.
Jaime Alanis Garcia’s nie, Yesenia Duran, on the left, has a painting done by family friends who are on display at the rosary for his uncle.
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On Monday, Alanis felt encouraged by the Mexican president’s message and strengthened the family’s resolve to get answers about the circumstances of his death, he said. He wore a shirt depicting a photograph of his uncle, and on his back he read “Jaime’s Justice.”
The mood was gloomy at the funeral home. Outside, a hand-drawn photograph of Alanis Garcia with winged was sitting inside a box of bread boxes.
Representatives of the Mexican government arrived and provided support to the family and words of sadness. Oxnard’s Mexican consul staff say they will provide support to Alanis Garcia’s family and offer to accompany them in both California and the Michoacan state of central Mexico.
The priest led the audience at the Rosary service and called Hale Marys in Spanish, praying for Alanis Garcia and his relatives. The room was full and many stood on the left as they recited prayers. Many people wiped away their tears.
When it was time to say their final goodbye, the family shouted in each other’s arms and hugged each other tightly. The guitarist serenaded the audience with a song that includes one titled “Roads of Michoacan,” a song by Ranchela, which pays homage to Alanis Garcia’s hometown.
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