Torrance boy, 9, detained by ICE for planned deportation to Honduras; community outraged

Earlier this week, residents in Torrance were scrambling to find out what happened to 9-year-old Martir Garcia Lara, a fourth-grader at Torrance Elementary School.

One day, he simply didn’t show up for school.

Teachers and PTA officials believed he was being held at a federal immigration facility with his father but could not get firm answers.

Federal officials confirmed Thursday the boy and his father were taken into custody May 29 after checking in with federal officials in downtown Los Angeles. The two were transferred to an immigration facility in Texas the following day, and officials plan to deport them to Honduras.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-05/torrance-community-searches-for-answers-on-student-detained-by-feds