A man who was arrested Wednesday by federal agents in Lynn, Massachusetts, was released a day later, and he alleges he was assaulted when he was taken into custody.

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Alejandro Reyes said he was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite telling them on several occasions that he's a legal resident.

Reyes told Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra the agents took him to a cemetery — not a detention center — and beat him several times in a dark area. He showed wounds all over his body that he said he suffered in the ordeal.

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Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, who was detained by immigration authorities on his

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