Editor’s note: KTLA reached out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for comment on this matter prior to publication. As of publishing, DHS has not responded. KTLA will update this article with any new information as it becomes available.
A woman who is unaccounted for in the wake of a large-scale federal immigration raid on a farm in Ventura County this week took video of the harrowing ordeal moments before she was taken into custody.
Video obtained and sent to KTLA by @mrcheckpoint_ shows the woman, identified only as Irma, standing on top of metal scaffolding inside the Glass House Farms marijuana grow facility in Camarillo speaking in Spanish to federal agents below during the raid, which took place Thursday.
The man behind the @mrcheckpoint_ account, Sennett Devermont, who also founded the Always For The People Foundation, previously told KTLA that he uses his page as a way to encourage accountability and transparency with law enforcement and the criminal justice system.
“Hagan lo que hagan…digan lo que digan, no me voy a bajar,” Irma could be heard saying, which translates to: “Do what you want, say what you say, I’m not coming down.”
The agents are then seen setting up a ladder to go and get Irma; however, the video ends there, and there was no word on whether Irma descended voluntarily or whether she was forcefully removed from the scaffolding.
There is also no further footage indicating what may have happened to Irma before or after the raid.
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Video sent in by @mrcheckpoint_ shows the woman, identified only as Irma, standing on top of metal scaffolding inside the Glass House Farms marijuana grow facility in Camarillo speaking in Spanish to federal agents below during the raid, which took place Thursday, July 10, 2025. (IG/@mrcheckpoint_) -
Video sent in by @mrcheckpoint_ shows the woman, identified only as Irma, standing on top of metal scaffolding inside the Glass House Farms marijuana grow facility in Camarillo speaking in Spanish to federal agents below during the raid, which took place Thursday, July 10, 2025. (IG/@mrcheckpoint_) -
An audio message sent by Irma to family members was also included in @mrcheckpoint_’s video sent into KTLA, which was also posted on Instagram. In it, Irma explained what the agents were doing; the post provided a translation of the message.
An audio message sent by Irma to family members was included in @mrcheckpoint_’s video sent into KTLA, which was also posted on Instagram. In it, Irma explained what the agents were doing; the post provided a translation of the message.
“They are capturing us. They were using something to bring a young man down,” the translated message says. “They were shooting rubber bullets at us. They hit us a lot.”
According to the post by @mrcheckpoint_ that was published late Friday night, Irma is from Guatemala and has no family in the United States. She came to the U.S. to help her daughter have a better life and works both at the farm and at a restaurant, he indicated in the post.
“She’d only been at the farm for five weeks, and now she’s gone,” he said. “Her loved ones have searched every detention system and still nothing. There’s no answers, there’s no updates. The last thing we heard from her is that video where we see a ladder.”
“We don’t know how she got down,” he continued. “Did she fall? Was she dragged? Is she even okay?”
Thursday’s raid in Camarillo, at a Glass House Farms marijuana growing facility, coincided with an operation at another Glass House Farms location in Carpinteria. More than 200 people were arrested in those raids, which saw federal agents deploying tear gas at the hundreds of individuals who had gathered near the Camarillo farm in protest.
A total of four U.S. citizens are now being prosecuted for assaulting or resisting officers, the Department of Homeland Security later stated. A statement put out by DHS on Friday states that the operations stemmed from criminal warrants.
“On July 10, 2025, federal law enforcement officers executed criminal warrant operations at marijuana grow sites in Carpinteria and Camarillo,” the statement reads. “During the operation, at least 10 migrant children were rescued from potential exploitation, forced labor, and human trafficking. Federal officers also arrested approximately 200 illegal aliens from both sites in Carpinteria and Camarillo.”
Glass House Farms is now being investigated for alleged child labor violations. In a statement, the company said they were fully cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials but did not elaborate further; it is not known whether either of the facilities that were raided are still operating.
People also gathered Friday in Camarillo hoping to find out information surrounding their loved ones affected by the Glass House Farms raids. Some have already been reunited with their families while others, like Irma, were not immediately accounted for.