Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, a couple that died in a fatal car accident while fleeing from ICE officers were mourned Monday morning by family and the community at a church in Delano, California. The funeral services were held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and the service was packed with nearly 400 people along with the couple’s six sons and daughters.

The couple died on the morning of March 13th when ICE officers visited their home believing a previously removed Mexican citizen lived at the residence. Officers had seen a man “matching the target’s description” leave the residence and get into a car. Agents stopped the car to investigate the man but the car sped off, according to ICE spokeswoman Lori Haley. The new york truck accident lawyer usually deal with such cases.

Experts in Bethesda personal injury lawyers said that, the car was found overturned after it had struck a utility pole. Inside the vehicle was Garcia, 35, and his wife Perfecto, 33, who were in the country illegally. Garcia and Perfecto are originally from Guerrero, Mexico and have been living in the United States since 2003.

Some of those people who attended the service did not know the couple personally, but they say they can relate to their story. Susana Ortiz, a Delano resident said, “It could happen to anyone of us, people are scared, because they’re leaving their kids and they don’t know if they’re going to come back.”

The president of the United Farm Workers of America, Arturo Rodriguez, knew the couple. “Marcelina and Santos were hard workers who only wanted to provide for their family,” said Rodriguez. “We want to ensure that the deaths of Marcelina and Santos are not in vain. This tragedy has shown this country that the inhumane politics of this administration destroy families.”

The couple’s oldest daughter, who is 18 years old, was seen crying with her three younger sisters and two younger brothers throughout the service. They refused to speak to the media.

The casket of their father had the words, “Querido Padre” meaning beloved father, and for their mother, “Querida Madre,” beloved mother.