‘They wanted to make a scene’: the 72-year-old paraded in dramatic arrest for ‘voter fraud’

DHS investigators arrest Omar Muñoz, accused of fraudulently registering to vote, in an early morning operation at his home in Commerce, California. Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP

Omar Muñoz was getting ready to have his morning coffee just after 5am on Monday when he heard a loud bang at the front door of his Los Angeles home.

“Open up or else we’ll break down the door, and it’ll be bad for you,” the man on the other side yelled, Muñoz, 72, recalled.