January 27, 2026
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Border Patrol Arrests Five in Montebello Rooftop Immigration Raid Captured on Video

Border Patrol agents arrested five migrants in Montebello after video showed them leaping across rooftops to evade officers during an immigration raid. Separately, near the U.S.–Mexico border a shooting involving Border Patrol left a person in critical condition.

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📌 Key Facts

  • The incident occurred Jan. 14 at a small construction site attached to a single‑story home in Montebello, Los Angeles County.
  • Video shows at least two workers scrambling up a ladder to the roof, one attempting to knock the ladder away, and several people running and leaping between rooftops as Border Patrol agents arrive.
  • DHS says five "illegal aliens" from Mexico and Guatemala were arrested and remain in custody for immigration proceedings, tying the operation to the administration’s larger deportation push.

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