3 Marine Brothers 'Feel Betrayed' After Border Patrol Punches, Detains Dad: 'He Always Taught Us' to 'Love Our Country'

A Marine Corps seasoned whose 2 brothers are active-duty Marines is speaking retired aft his father, who is presently successful ICE custody, was beaten and arrested by masked national agents.

“It’s difficult for us,” Alejandro Barranco, 25, said successful an question and reply with CNN connected Monday, June 23. “We consciousness hurt, we consciousness betrayed.”

The incident occurred connected Saturday, June 21, extracurricular an IHOP successful Santa Ana, Calif., wherever his dad, Narciso Barranco, 48, was doing landscaping work, Alejandro told CNN and The Los Angeles Times.

In video footage shared by CNN and ABC affiliate KABC, nan masked men, who were wearing vests that publication “US Border Patrol Police,” tin beryllium seen pinning down Narciso connected nan thoroughfare and punching him earlier taking him into custody.

When reached for remark by PEOPLE, DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said successful a connection that an “illegal alien” was arrested by Border Patrol agents aft trying to “evade rule enforcement.”

McLaughlin besides claimed he “turned and swung a weed whacker straight astatine an agent’s face” – echoing a remark nan agency shared connected societal media, claiming he “assaulted national rule enforcement.” (In that video, Narciso is seen holding nan equipment, but, arsenic noted by CNN and nan Associated Press, it did not look to touch immoderate officers.)

Alejandro besides said nan unit utilized against his begetter was "uncalled for."

“It looks for illustration he’s putting up guidance connected nan crushed but that’s a earthy quality guidance and I deliberation anybody would do that to take sides themselves erstwhile they are being beaten," he told nan AP.

In his interviews pinch CNN and The Los Angeles Times, Alejandro said that his begetter is undocumented, but doesn’t person a criminal record. He besides told KABC that he first said pinch his begetter successful a telephone telephone connected Sunday, June 22.

"He was wounded still, said he hadn't received immoderate aesculapian attraction and past he said he was very thirsty. He hadn't ate," he told nan section TV position of his father’s condition. (In their statement, DHS claimed that Barranco "was offered aesculapian attraction which he declined.)

Alejandro, who said that during nan aforesaid telephone his dada besides asked him to decorativeness nan landscaping occupation he'd been moving connected astatine nan clip of his arrest, described Narciso arsenic a bully father.

“He ever made judge we had nutrient connected nan table. He ever taught america to respect, to emotion our country, to ever springiness back,” he told CNN.

"Both my parents ever taught america to respect everyone, respect this country, convey this state and past that led america to subordinate nan Marine Corps and benignant of springiness backmost to nan state and beryllium thankful," Alejandro told KABC. "This I don't deliberation is right."

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A GoFundMe has been group up to thief nan family pursuing nan incident and salary for ineligible counsel. As of Tuesday afternoon, it has raised astir $160,000. 

“Narciso’s family continues to activity tirelessly to unafraid ineligible assistance and to bring him location aft his cruel detainment,” publication an update connected nan fundraiser page. “The spot and solidarity from our organization are what springiness them hope.”

PEOPLE reached retired to nan GoFundMe organizer for further information.