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ICE agent kills motorist in Maine, sparking shock and outrage

Local residents walk by a makeshift memorial to the victim of a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
Robert F. Bukaty/AP
Local residents walk by a makeshift memorial to the victim of a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

Immigrant rights groups identified the man who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday as 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a Colombian native who groups said had authorization to work in the United States.

This is the second time an ICE agent has killed someone in a week. On July 7, an officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican immigrant who was driving a work crew to a construction site in Houston, Texas.

The shootings prompted the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday to temporarily pause many traffic stops, according to Maine Sen. Angus King’s office.

Here & Now‘s Tiziana Dearing speaks with Maine Public reporter Ari Snider.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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