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{{Infobox incident
| title = Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdés
| date = 2025-08-14
| city =
| county =
| state = California
| country = United States
| location_detail = Monrovia, California (Interstate 210, near a Home Depot)
| facility =
| agencies = ICE
| operation_type = Death connected to an immigration-enforcement operation
| status = Disputed — community groups (NDLON) held vigils and dispute the "not pursued" claim; no charges reported.
| people_affected = 1
| injuries =
| deaths = 1 — struck by vehicle while fleeing raid
| agents_involved =
| vehicles_involved =
| verification = source confidence: high
| key_sources =
* [https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/us/immigration-raid-man-freeway-death-hnk CNN]
* [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-fleeing-immigration-raid-california-fatally-struck-vehicle-officia-rcna225154 NBC News]
* [https://abc7.com/post/monrovia-vigil-honor-man-fatally-struck-freeway-fleeing-ice-immigration-raid-home-depot/17548656/ ABC7]
}}

'''Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdés''' (52, Guatemalan) died on 2025-08-14 during or as a result of a ICE operation, in Monrovia, California (Interstate 210, near a Home Depot). Fled on foot from an ICE raid at a Home Depot day-labor site, ran onto the eastbound I-210 freeway and was struck by an SUV traveling ~50-60 mph; died at a hospital.

== Official account ==
DHS said he "was not being pursued by any DHS law enforcement" when he ran; CHP investigated the traffic death.

== What is documented ==
* '''Person:''' Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdés, age 52; Guatemalan.
* '''Location:''' Monrovia, California (Interstate 210, near a Home Depot).
* '''Agency:''' ICE.
* '''Cause:''' struck by vehicle while fleeing raid.
* '''Circumstance:''' Fled on foot from an ICE raid at a Home Depot day-labor site, ran onto the eastbound I-210 freeway and was struck by an SUV traveling ~50-60 mph; died at a hospital.

== Scrutiny of the official account ==
''Grounded in the sourced record below; this documents the dispute rather than asserting a conclusion.''

* '''Status / dispute:''' Disputed — community groups (NDLON) held vigils and dispute the "not pursued" claim; no charges reported.

== Unanswered questions ==
# Will the responsible agency release its full records, footage, and the medical examiner's findings?
# Was the death preventable — and were required medical or welfare protocols followed?
# Will an independent body (not the agency itself) investigate?

== Help document this death ==
If you have information, photos, video, or documentation about this death:
* '''Submit a tip / report:''' [[ICE List:Submit incident|Submit an incident report]]
* '''Upload photos or video:''' [[Special:Upload|Upload media to the ICE List]]
* '''Identify an agent or vehicle:''' [[ICE List:Submit Agent|Submit agent information]]

== See also ==
* [[:Category:Deaths by immigration enforcement]]
* [[:Category:Deaths during immigration enforcement operations]]

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