Farmworker dies in immigration raid near Los Angeles

A farmworker has died after being injured during an immigration raid near Los Angeles on legal cannabis farms where clashes between agents and protesters took place, a US farm union announced Friday. "We regret to confirm that a farmworker has died as a result of injuries sustained during yesterday's immigration enforcement operation," the United Farm Workers organization explained on X.

The operation took place Thursday in Carpinteria and Camarillo, two rural communities in Ventura County, located just over an hour's drive from Los Angeles. Federal agents "arrested approximately 200 illegal aliens at the two sites" and "came under fire" from a gunman "who remains at large ," the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.