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Speakers urge Monrovia to memorialize Roberto Carlos Montoya after fatal incident; vigil scheduled at Home Depot

5933360 · October 10, 2025

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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 memorial "has been taken down four times." One speaker announced a vigil scheduled for Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. at the Home Depot.

Advocates asked the council to consider a local policy similar to a June Huntington Park Council resolution that requires local police to verify the identities of any agents identifying themselves as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Anna Gee of the Immigrant Resource Center cited Huntington Park—s resolution and asked whether Monrovia could adopt a similar measure. The transcript records advocacy but not a formal council vote on pursuing that exact policy.

Council member Edward Belden urged the council to send a letter to the governor and attorney general asking for a thorough investigation into Montoya—s death. Mayor Becky Chevlin asked City Manager Dylan to check whether the incident is being investigated and to report back on what the city has learned. The transcript does not record that the council formally voted to send a letter.

Why it matters: advocates seek a permanent site of remembrance and additional local safeguards when federal enforcement operates near Monrovia; the requests touch on police policy, intergovernmental coordination and community healing.

What the record shows and does not show: the transcript captures public comments, requests for investigations and advocacy for a memorial and for verification of ICE agents; it does not show any council action adopting a new policy or formally approving the memorial at this meeting.