On July 12, 2025, Jaime Alanis Garcia, a 56-year-old Mexican farmworker, died after falling a reported 30 feet from a greenhouse roof during a federal immigration raid at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California, prompting Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, to announce potential legal action against ICE.
Sheinbaum stated yesterday during her daily morning address to the nation that her administration is exploring a lawsuit, with Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs providing legal and diplomatic support to Garcia’s family. No official lawsuit has been filed yet, but the incident is yet another source of tension between the two countries, especially as Trump threatens Mexico with 30% tariffs.
The raid, conducted on July 10, 2025, targeted cannabis farms in Camarillo and Carpinteria, involving federal agents, National Guard troops, and military vehicles. It resulted in 319 arrests, including those of U.S. citizens. Garcia, a 10-year employee at Glass House Farms, suffered a broken neck, fractured skull, and severed artery in the fall, according to the family’s gofundme page. He was airlifted to Ventura County Medical Center and placed on life support before his family, including his niece Yesenia Duran, decided to remove life support. His body will be returned to Huajúmbaro, Michoacán, where he leaves behind a wife and daughter.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated Garcia was not in custody or being pursued when he climbed the roof and fell.
L.A. TACO has been unable to verify that claim and has reached out to Ventura’s Medical Examiner for comment on autopsy results, but has not heard back yet. Garcia was just one of at least eight people hospitalized after fierce protests broke out in the area that day. The United Farm Workers criticized the raid as “violent and cruel,” highlighting its disruption to communities and the food supply chain.
