Immigration agents arrest fruit vendor in Los Angeles
Jan 29, 2026·Location: Los Angeles, CA
Country of origin: Mexico

NPR reporter Adrian Florido witnessed federal immigration agents arrest Jesús González, an undocumented fruit vendor he had been buying from for seven years in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. González was apprehended at his fruit cart stand and subsequently deported to Tijuana, Mexico after agreeing to be removed rather than face detention.
Sources
- Reporter's Notebook: He was my fruit vendor for years. I saw immigration agents take him
NPR·Jan 29, 2026·archived copy
- What Los Angeles Loses Without Its Fruteros
grubstreet.com·Aug 13, 2025·archived copy
- Reporter's Notebook: He was my fruit vendor for years. I saw immigration agents take him
ctpublic.org·Jan 29, 2026·archived copy
kvcrnews.org·Jan 29, 2026·archived copy
wxxinews.org·Jan 29, 2026·archived copy
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