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Santi Camacho, who rarely attended church before the raids, said immigrant communities everywhere are finding themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place: facing possible arrest during worship, or hiding in their homes until they potentially subside.

“If all you have is family and your family is at the church, you’ll risk it,” Camacho said.

Yuri Disraili Camacho Vega, a former Nayarit state police officer, said he resigned from the force fearing for his life.

Camacho said he received death threats after filing a criminal complaint with federal authorities denouncing Veytia’s directive ordering police to protect members of an infamous crime family.

Upon returning to Nayarit more than a year later to visit his ailing mother, Camacho said he was arrested, accused of driving a stolen vehicle, tortured and jailed.