Padres catching coordinator arrested at airport, held by ICE

His family says Oswaldo Pirela sought asylum and held a valid work permit through 2029 after entering legally from Venezuela in 2014.

Padres catching coordinator ICE arrest —

Oswaldo Pirela, the San Diego Padres' (Major League Baseball) minor-league catching coordinator, was arrested at an El Paso, Texas airport as he prepared to return to his home in Peoria, Arizona, where he lives with his wife and two children, aged 9 and 4.

Miguel Torres wrote in the Arizona Daily Star:

DHS said Pire…