Congresswoman says target of ICE operation in fatal Maine shooting wasn’t up for removal
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The person Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents targeted in Maine last month when an officer shot and killed a…
Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian national, was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13. A Democratic congresswoman from Maine, Chellie Pingree, revealed in a hearing on Monday that the person ICE was targeting was not Durán Guerrero himself, but his roommate who was the owner of the car.
Pingree stated that this discovery contradicts what ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had previously reported about the shooting. She added that Durán Guerrero, not the roommate, did not have a final order for removal, but did have a pending asylum case and a valid work permit. Pingree emphasized that Durán Guerrero should still be alive, one month after the incident, and questioned the lack of answers from ICE and the Trump administration.
Despite this revelation, the Department of Homeland Security maintained the initial assessment of the incident, stating that ICE was conducting "targeted surveillance on the last known address of an illegal alien with a final order of removal." They refused to disclose any sensitive intelligence or methods used in the operation.
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