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🎥 Here is a clip from an interview with Leo Martinez, an organizer with Ventura County Defensa (VC Defensa), as he reflects on ICE retaliating against him and on how his organization is prepared to fight
You watch the whole interview on our website: thesouthlander.com
You watch the whole interview on our website: thesouthlander.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
🎥 Here is a clip from an interview with Leo Martinez, an organizer with Ventura County Defensa (VC Defensa), as he reflects on ICE retaliating against him and on how his organization is prepared to fight
You watch the whole interview on our website: thesouthlander.com
You watch the whole interview on our website: thesouthlander.com
Martha married her husband, Narciso Barranco, in 2023. Just a few short years later, their family sat around the dinner table on a seemingly normal night, waiting for him to return home and eat dinner together.
Narciso never got the chance to go home that night.
Narciso never got the chance to go home that night.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Martha married her husband, Narciso Barranco, in 2023. Just a few short years later, their family sat around the dinner table on a seemingly normal night, waiting for him to return home and eat dinner together.
Narciso never got the chance to go home that night.
Narciso never got the chance to go home that night.
Narciso Barranco arrived to the U.S. in 1994. He spent 24 days locked up in a detention center after being violently arrested by a snatch squad of federal immigration agents in Santa Ana on June 21.
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Narciso Barranco arrived to the U.S. in 1994. He spent 24 days locked up in a detention center after being violently arrested by a snatch squad of federal immigration agents in Santa Ana on June 21.
From @abemarquez.bsky.social, who’s on the ground covering raids near Alondra Blvd.
“ICE/LASD can all leave the community and everything could stop. But they’ve decided to stay and terrorize the community. The people came out once the word got out that ICE was going to raid a Home Depot.”
“ICE/LASD can all leave the community and everything could stop. But they’ve decided to stay and terrorize the community. The people came out once the word got out that ICE was going to raid a Home Depot.”
June 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
From @abemarquez.bsky.social, who’s on the ground covering raids near Alondra Blvd.
“ICE/LASD can all leave the community and everything could stop. But they’ve decided to stay and terrorize the community. The people came out once the word got out that ICE was going to raid a Home Depot.”
“ICE/LASD can all leave the community and everything could stop. But they’ve decided to stay and terrorize the community. The people came out once the word got out that ICE was going to raid a Home Depot.”