Montoya Valdez’s identity was confirmed by the Guatemalan consulate, said Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, who was at the Home Depot parking lot in Monrovia on Friday. Montoya Valdez is from Jutiapa, Guatemala, he said.

During the raid, a man ran from the Home Depot, crossed Evergreen Avenue and entered the eastbound lanes of the freeway, the statement said. At 9:52 a.m., Monrovia Fire & Rescue responded to a report that a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle.