Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: KTLA-TV

LOCAL NEWS
Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him

by: Lily Dallow
Posted: Jun 22, 2025 / 03:31 PM PDT
Updated: Jun 22, 2025 / 04:23 PM PDT

In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a father in Santa Ana before forcing him into the back of an unmarked car on Saturday.

The violent incident sparked protests in the following hours, and an online fundraiser was started through GoFundMe, where family members identified the victim as Tustin resident Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines.

One of his sons, 25-year-old Alejandro Barranco, told KTLA that his father was pepper-sprayed in addition to repeatedly being punched in the face during his detention. According to Alejandro, Narciso was picked up by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at the IHOP on Edinger Avenue and Ritchey Street.

The video shared by the Instagram account @SantaAnaProblems shows a group of men wearing hats and face coverings and police vests converge on Narciso, holding him down while one man repeatedly hits him on the head. Some men are standing guard around the scene before the group again seizes Narciso, with one man holding a baton at the back of Narciso’s neck to push him into the backseat of a silver SUV.

{snip}

Read more: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/masked-men-in-u-s-border-patrol-vests-brutally-beat-take-santa-ana-father/

---

Reposted by Completely and Totally Obliterated Hat
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social

>>>>>>
The Tennessee Holler
‪@thetnholler.bsky.social‬

Follow
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/masked-men-in-u-s-border-patrol-vests-brutally-beat-take-santa-ana-father/

June 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
>>>>>>

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”

ktla.com/news/local-n...

— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-06-22T23:45:20.227Z

[MLAA]

1. OMG

We need a regime change. This is awful and was unthinkable until the Supreme Court gave TSF near total immunity.

[Bayard]

2. Is he actually here illegally?

I don't see that in the articles.

Working as a landscaper at an I-Hop. Sounds like a dangerous criminal who raised three patriotic sons.

[Iggo]

16. It doesn't matter. No one should do that. No one should have that done to them.

No one.

[Bayard]

23. I agree with that

I'd just like to know if their excuse was that he was here illegally.

[UpInArms]

3. I feel so powerless

and angry

I will be in the streets at every opportunity

This must stop

[FeelingBlue]

4. His three sons...

Are Marines?! I imagine they are questioning a lot about their lives and service right now.

[orangecrush]

5. MOTHERFUCKERS

[IcyPeas]

6. 3 sons who are Marines. 2 of them currently on active duty. QUESTION:❓️

And president bonespurs has orders for his goon squad to round up anyone who looks hispanic.

So the 2 sons on active duty right now.... they would be told about this right?

They are serving their country and get told 'oh by the way ICE imposters beat up your father while he was working and he is now being held at a detention center.' Will they be allowed to take leave and come back to help deal with this?

This family sounds more patriotic than trump, Miller, etc.

Republicans should be ashamed. But of course they don't give a damn.

[pfitz59]

7. Terror is the objective

Obama and Biden deported far more folk in shorter time.

[calimary]

8. Bastards!!!

And when do we get confirmation that they actually ARE who/what they say they are?

I think we need ALL these violent schmucks LOCKED UP!!! I keep wondering what happens when one of these goons kills somebody? And sadly enough, I already know it’s a safe bet they’ll face NO charges WHATSOEVER.



This is NOT the America I learned about, in school. Not even close.

[PSPS]

9. Watch out! This might trigger another strongly-worded statement from Jeffries and Schumer!

[LonePirate]

10. Can the CA AG press state assault charges against those terrorists?

[Pachamama]

15. I keep asking myself this question

How is this possible that roving bands of masked heavily armed men who show no identification or mixed vests stating they are multiple agencies can grab without warrants people off the street?

Is this America?

[Buddyzbuddy]

11. I guarantee that father and his 3 sons have more love and respect for this Country than

those cowards beating and kidnapping him in addition to the Felon and all of his administration put together.

When the time comes, those masks aren't going to do you any good. When this is over, and it will be one way or another, all of you people bitching and moaning about reverse discrimination and DEI, need to understand, your fake tears and whining about how you can't get ahead in life because somebody else took your job, got accepted to college instead of you, bought the house you wanted, you will always be a failure. The only way you can claim to be disadvantaged because you're white is if you end up in the prison system.

This hate that you have foisted upon minorities is going to come back at you tenfold. Minorities have lived with disadvantages and abuse for centuries. We know how to live with it and how to overcome all of it. We could have shown you the way out of the darkness instead you're making enemies because some rich people fooled you into thinking they have the answer.

They say don't blame those of us with all of this money that would solve many of societies problems. It's those darker people that are to blame. So, fight over the crumbs amongst yourselves. We're to busy buying political influence and newspapers and stations to further convince you to hate those people.
Guess what, Scott's and Irish have more in common with Mexicans than you'll ever care to admit. Pick up a book and learn something.
Nah, better to gang up and beat some old man because you were told to hate him. Even if you didn't attack that man, you're still guilty if you did nothing to stop it.

F.CKING COWARDS I really, really hope you end up in prison. Either way, these actions will be remembered for a very longtime.

[Norrrm]

17. Donald has three sons. Donnie Jr. bragged how much their family has sacrificed for our country.

The Trumps are not shy about proclaiming how much they have 'sacrificed'.

Visit to Arlington Cemetery reminded Donald Trump Jr. of all his family's 'sacrifices,' he writes

https://www.google.com/search?q=Visit+to+Arlington+Cemetery+reminded+Donald+Trump+Jr.+of+all+his+family%27s+%27sacrifices%2C%27&rlz=1C1AWUC_enUS1014US1023&oq=Visit+to+Arlington+Cemetery+reminded+Donald+Trump+Jr.+of+all+his+family%27s+%27sacrifices%2C%27&aqs=chrome..69i57.90554598j0j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[C Moon]

12. ice came by a near by town, and went to a carwash to grab one guy.

There were about a dozen or more of them. They were throwing the guy around, and bending his shoulder back to cuff him like he was a serial killer. The owner came out yelling at them, the leader ice dude was arguing back like a 10-year-old. These look like under educated, racist pieces of crap. Every-single-one of them was wearing a full face mask.

I think they are pissed that they are getting no respect. I'm glad.

[Seinan Sensei]

13. True justice

Would be for Barranco’s Marine sons to get together, to have about ten minutes of quality-time with each of those goons.
One at-a-time vs all three sons.
Locked door, no window
To have a heart-to-heart
To make sure that those cowards understand their behavior was unacceptable

[JoseBalow]

14. Fascist pigs

[Blue Dotty]

18. We need to hit them where it hurts

We need to hit them in their coffers. Any action that enriches this regime and these fascist pigs is a crime against this country and humanity.

[Hekate]

19. American Gestapo. THUGS. Where were they recruited & trained? Eric Prince's Blackwater?

[Wuddles440]

20. These are not...

actual Federal agents, but contractors.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

21. Thanks for pointing out the distinction.

The article refers to them as “masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests” rather than as members of the U.S. Border Patrol.

And good morning.

[SSJVegeta]

22. There will be a point in the near future where they enter the wrong 2nd amendment complying household

Since they are not federal agents and largely contractors, the same rules do not apply.

[thucythucy]

24. I keep wondering what happens

when someone with a firearm in a "Stand You Ground" state decides to take advantage of that law to prevent being pulled "into an unmarked car" by masked and otherwise unidentified thugs?

Not that I'm endorsing anything like that, but it seems to me that the odds are good that sooner or later some group of "masked men" is going to pick on the wrong person. For instance, some concealed carry enthusiast who might be just a wee bit paranoid about the possibility of being kidnapped by a gang of strangers.

It seems to me this whole situation is incredibly dangerous, for the victims of these brutes most of all, but for bystanders and these wannabee Brown Shirts as well.