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Juan and several friends huddled in the parking lot of a hardware store near Los Angeles, where protests erupted against the repression of the immigration of US President Donald Trump President.

Usually, their gatherings include dozens of workers, many of whom are homeless immigrants seeking jobs from buyers or contractors.

But on Sunday, only two small pickups advertised that they could help with roofs, repairs or painting jobs outside this Home Depot branch in the Paramount suburbs, whose population is more than 82% Spanish.

It was one day after the store became the center of immigration protests caused by rumors that the workers the workers here were rounded and arrested.

Many who live in the community have told the BBC that they have seen vehicles to apply immigration in the area.

This caused immediate fear and panic. Then came reports of attacks and arrests of home -made workers at Home Depot, a place where many undocumented migrants in the United States go to find a job.

The protests erupted in this city of a Spanish -American majority, becoming violent when rocks and cocktails were thrown. Authorities used pepper spray, rubber bullets and smoke bombs to conquer the crowd.

But demonstrations at Paramount seem to have caused misinformation.

While dozens of migrants were detained by authorities elsewhere in the area, rumors of the attack in the store were misinformation, according to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

“Despite the false reports, there was no ice at a home depot in LA,” DHS told the BBC.

As he leaned against the bed of Toyota’s small pickup with his two friends, Juan said, “No one really knows what happened. Everyone is afraid.”

The unrest at Paramount, who also saw that the car was on fire and the business was looting, became a catalyst for what the federal authorities identified as riots in the Los Angeles area.

On Saturday, President Donald Trump uses His authority to call the California National GuardSomething that is usually decided by the governor of the state, such as the second day of protests confused by the city.

As the protests blazed for the third day on Sunday, the Armed Forces of the National Guard kept a business park from the other side of the street from the hardware store.

They parked Humvees, blocking the area and escaped with protesters who caught insults and wave Mexican flags and banners.

“You’re not welcome here!” A man with a ball hat in Los Angeles, angels called to soldiers as another paint to spread protesting spray and wrote indecently aimed at immigration and the application of customs in the United States.

DHS told the BBC that the guarded area was home to one of their offices, and authorities used it “as a placement area and disorderly found it.”

The agency told the BBC that this week they have arrested 118 illegal immigrants in the Los Angeles region, including five, who are said to be members of the gang.

The agency said some of these migrants have previous criminal stories that include drug trafficking, attack and robbery.

As he was preparing to get on Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, on Sunday, Trump told reporters that there were “violent people” in Los Angeles and they would not get out of it. “

Dora Sanchez was still distrustful of the shocking images that transformed her city last night.

She gathered on Sunday with others in the community in the Church of the Chapel of Change, less than a block from the center of the protests the previous day.

She and others in the church have talked about how this Spanish community has been revived over the years and has become a nearby community where neighbors know and pay attention to each other.

The protests felt like a “interruption” for the immigrant community, she noted.

Los Angeles is one of the largest cities for a majority of minorities in the United States.

The Spaniards not only make up a larger share of the population than any other ethnic origin, but immigrants, in particular, those from only south to Mexico, are an essential part of history and culture here.

The city boasts its status as a sanctuary, which means that it does not cooperate with the federal implementation of immigration.

Some here said they were experiencing bubbling tension, which seemed to explode when the Republican President’s administration turned to LA’s undocumented immigrants.

“It was time to stand up,” said Maria Gutierrez, who protested at Paramount. “These are my people.”

She said she was born in Mexico, but has lived here since a girl.

She – like many here – say they have family members who are in the United States illegally.

“This is LA,” she said. “He touches all of us.

“Everyone has a family or knows someone who has no documents.”