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.

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. Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, who was detained by immigration authorities on his way to volleyball practice this weekend, was reunited with loved ones after being released on bond Thursday.

"They took me from there, they loaded me up, and they took me to th

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