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Speakers urge Monrovia to memorialize Roberto Carlos Montoya after fatal incident; vigil scheduled at Home Depot
Summary
Residents and immigrant-rights advocates urged the Monrovia City Council on Oct. 7 to support a permanent memorial for Roberto Carlos Montoya and requested local safeguards and an investigation into his death.
Residents and community advocates used the city—s public-comment period on Oct. 7 to press the council for a permanent memorial for Roberto Carlos Montoya and to call for additional local safeguards around immigration enforcement activity.
Multiple speakers described Montoya as a day laborer who died after being struck by a vehicle while fleeing an enforcement action near the Home Depot. Speakers said attempts to erect a memorial at the site have been removed repeatedly; the recap noted the…
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