To the more than 300 people gathered at the corner of Mountain East Evergreen avenues in Monrovia, the man who died after he ran onto the 210 Freeway in Monrovia and was hit by an SUV now has a name.

Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez was a 52-year-old from Guatemala. He lived in Arcadia, official said. The throng gathered Friday at the Monrovia Home Depot to mourn him and to call for an end to the Trump Administration’s recent amped-up immigration enforcement.

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.

Community members gathered with faith leaders for a vigil at the Home Depot

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