Narciso Barranco released from ICE detention center in Adelanto, California. Credit :
GoFundMe; CBS News
- Narciso Barranco was detained by border patrol agents while doing landscaping work outside an IHOP in Santa Ana, Calif., on June 21
- He was released on Tuesday, July 15, from California’s Adelanto Detention Center on a $3,000 bond
- Video footage obtained by CBS News captured the emotional moment he was reunited with one of his sons
Nearly a month after being detained by ICE, Narciso Barranco, a father of three U.S. Marines, has been released from an immigration detention center.
According to NBC Los Angeles, Barranco, 48, was released on Tuesday, July 15, from California’s Adelanto Detention Center on a $3,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court again in August.
Orange City councilmember Arianna Barrios said on Facebook that the hearing is to “adjust his status to parole in place based on the fact that his wife is a US citizen and his three American-born sons are active duty US military.”
Video footage of the moment he was released from federal custody was obtained by CBS News, showing Barranco accompanied by a female guard as he walked out of the center wearing a brown jacket and a brown hat, while carrying a plastic bag.
Moments after, he hugs one of his three sons and another man who is with them, according to the video’s caption.
“The father of three U.S. service members is now seeking privacy and medical care as his legal case continues with a hearing set for August,” the caption reads.
Barranco’s 25-year-old Marine Corps veteran son, Alejandro, told NBC Los Angeles that when his father stepped out of the detention center, “he was wearing the same clothes, and he was crying.”
Narciso Barranco and son. GoFundMe
Lisa Ramirez, Barranco’s immigration attorney, told The Orange County Register that after he was released to his family around 2 p.m., he was taken to the hospital for a physical check-up.
She said that while “Narciso is very happy to be reunited with his family,” he “clearly will need time to decompress and get reacclimated.”
“He is, with good reason, traumatized by this whole experience and will need time to heal both physically and emotionally,” Ramirez said.
Barranco’s release comes after he was approached on Saturday, June 21, by masked men who were wearing vests that read “US Border Patrol Police” while doing landscaping work outside an IHOP in Santa Ana, Calif.
Video footage obtained by CNN and ABC affiliate KABC shows the masked men pinning Barranco down on the street and punching him before taking him into custody.
Narciso Barranco and family. GoFundMe
When previously reached out for comment by PEOPLE, DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that an “illegal alien” was arrested by Border Patrol agents after trying to “evade law enforcement.”
McLaughlin claimed Barranco “turned and swung a weed whacker directly at an agent’s face” and “then fled through a busy intersection and raised the weed whacker again at the agent.”
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In a video released by the department on X, Barranco is seen holding the equipment, but, as noted by CNN and the Associated Press, it does not appear to have touched any of the border patrol officers.
