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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Patrick Whittle

Congresswoman says target of ICE operation in fatal Maine shooting wasn't up for removal

ICE Shooting Maine - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The person Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents targeted in Maine last month when an officer shot and killed a motorist was a roommate who was not subject to a final removal order, a Democratic congresswoman from the state said.

Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian national, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in a car near his Biddeford home on July 13. Rep. Chellie Pingree said during a hearing in Maine on Monday that ICE's intended target was Durán Guerrero's roommate, who was the owner of the car Durán Guerrero was driving.

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