LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- LAUSD teachers and community members on Tuesday demanded the release of a high school senior who has spent nearly two weeks in custody after he was detained by federal agents in Van Nuys.

Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz was about to begin his senior year at Reseda Charter High School. But on Aug. 8, he was taken off the street by masked federal agents while he was walking his dog.

Federal officials have not said why he was detained in the first place.

A group of educators, community leaders and individuals who witnessed him being detained held a rally outside of the school district's headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.

Speakers at the rally included one of the 18-year-old's former teachers, Lizette Becerra, who visited him Saturday at the Adelanto Detention Ce

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