"A federal immigration judge ended the deportation case against Narciso Barranco, a Mexican father of three U.S. Marines, whose arrest on video showing masked federal agents pinning him down and punching him outside an IHOP in Southern California went viral last year. Rigo Hernandez, 44, told The Times that the judge terminated his stepfather's case during a virtual hearing on Jan. 28. "It was the third case the judge heard that day," Hernandez said in a phone interview. "It was nerve-racking.""
"At the time, the Department of Homeland Security denied his shoulder had been dislocated and blasted Barranco on social media, accusing him of assaulting federal law enforcement with a weed whacker. In a statement after the incident, the agency claimed Barranco "ran, then turned and swung a weed whacker directly at an agent's face. He then fled through a busy intersection and raised the weed whacker again at the agent.""
Narciso Barranco, a Mexican father of three U.S. Marines, was arrested on June 21 outside a Santa Ana IHOP by Border Patrol agents in an incident captured on video showing agents pinning and punching him. Family members said he was pepper-sprayed, feared for his safety and that no charges were filed. The Department of Homeland Security denied a dislocated shoulder and accused him of swinging a weed whacker at agents, saying he fled through a busy intersection. Removal proceedings followed, and a federal immigration judge terminated the deportation case during a virtual hearing on Jan. 28.
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