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Carlos Roberto Montoya a.k.a. Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez

Age : 52

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/13/2025

Location : Interstate 210 near Evergreen Avenue

City : Monrovia

County : Los Angeles

State : California

Agency : Immigration and Customs Enforcement, California Highway Patrol

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Killed during ICE raid

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/14/2025, at approximately 9:43 a.m., Monrovia Police Department received a report that federal immigration officers had arrived at the Home Depot at 1625 South Mountain Avenue. A responding Monrovia officer observed federal agents approaching the store and conducting an immigration enforcement operation. Federal authorities later identified the operation as a U.S. Border Patrol enforcement action and reported that eight people were arrested. Initial local reporting described the agents as Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel.
During the federal operation, 52-year-old Carlos Roberto Montoya, a Guatemalan immigrant and day laborer, ran from the Home Depot property. Montoya crossed Evergreen Avenue and entered the eastbound lanes of Interstate 210 near Myrtle Avenue. At approximately 9:52 a.m., an SUV traveling on the freeway struck him. Monrovia Fire and Rescue personnel transported Montoya to a hospital, where he died from his injuries. The Consulate General of Guatemala in Los Angeles subsequently confirmed his identity.
Federal authorities disputed characterizations that agents were actively chasing Montoya when he entered the freeway. The Department of Homeland Security stated that Montoya was not being pursued by DHS personnel and said the agency did not learn of his death until the California Highway Patrol contacted it hours after the enforcement operation. Monrovia city officials, however, confirmed that Montoya ran from the area while federal immigration enforcement activity was underway at the Home Depot and entered the freeway less than 10 minutes after the agents arrived.
The California Highway Patrol investigated the fatal collision. Montoya's death drew protests from immigrant-rights advocates, who attributed his flight to fear generated by the federal enforcement operation. The National Day Laborer Organizing Network organized a vigil for Montoya outside the Home Depot on 08/15/2025. Advocates disputed the federal government's effort to separate the death from the immigration operation and described Montoya as a worker who fled when federal agents arrived.
Montoya's death occurred during an intensified series of federal immigration operations at Home Depot stores, workplaces and other locations across Southern California. It was also one of multiple deaths reported in 2025 involving people who died while attempting to escape federal immigration enforcement activity.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/monrovia-home-depot-vigil-planned-for-man-who-died-allegedly-fleeing-immigration-operation/
https://apnews.com/article/a951deacf0a59e1cfab344a4feddb59d
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-immigrant-home-depot-ice-raid-20819904.php