Colombian father killed by ICE agent in Maine traffic stop, wasn't intended target
Jul 14, 2026·Location: Biddeford, ME
Country of origin: Colombia

Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian national with lawful work authorization, was fatally shot by ICE officer David Brouillette during a traffic stop in Biddeford, Maine, while driving to his job as a food delivery and custodian driver. His partner, Karolina Rojas, and their 3-year-old daughter were nearby when agents rammed his vehicle and opened fire, striking him in the head. Officials later confirmed he was not the intended target; agents had been surveilling a nearby address for someone with a final removal order. A neighbor described him as 'a good person,' quiet and dedicated. His death made him the 11th person fatally shot by federal immigration officials during Trump's second term, coming days after agents killed another immigrant father in Houston. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin briefly paused ICE traffic stops before Trump reversed the decision, and the FBI declined to open a civil rights investigation despite the officer's prior history of abusive conduct. Maine officials, including Senator Angus King, Governor Janet Mills, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, called for an independent investigation as protests broke out in Biddeford and his family sought to repatriate his body to Colombia.
Timeline
Sources
- What we know about the 25-year-old father from Colombia who was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Maine
CNN·Jul 15, 2026·archived copy
- Colombian national killed by ICE agent during operation in Maine
BBC·Jul 13, 2026·archived copy
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Newsweek·Aug 27, 2026
- DHS breaks hours of silence on deadly ICE shooting in Maine, saying officer was ‘fearing for public safety’
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- From mass raids to quiet crackdown: a timeline of Trump’s strategic ICE pivot
The Guardian·Sep 30, 2026
- ICE hit a new record with 51,000 migrant arrests in July
independent.co.uk·Aug 11, 2026·archived copy
- Killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero
en.wikipedia.org·Jul 14, 2026·archived copy
- Man killed in Maine ICE shooting leaves behind wife, young daughter
nbcboston.com·Jul 14, 2026·archived copy
- Driver fatally shot by ICE in Biddeford was ‘not the target,’ of deportation investigation, King’s office says
Boston Globe·Jul 14, 2026·archived copy
- ICE ‘pressuring’ Lorenzo Salgado shooting witnesses to self-deport in familiar tactic
independent.co.uk·Jul 10, 2026
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The Daily Beast·Jul 14, 2026
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