Isaias Pena Salcedo became emotional as he sat on the patio of the Market Place Grill near his Downey home surrounded by eight family members while recounting the hopelessness he felt while being held in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center downtown.
“I was preparing myself to be there for years,” he said, holding back tears as his mother patted his back, comforting him. After nearly 70 hours without contact, his family was relieved to have him by their side.
Pena Salcedo was detained around 3:30 p.m. Friday in the City of Bell as he walked into a crowd that had gathered to monitor and protest an immigration raid near Atlantic Boulevard and Brompton Street…