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Crisnel Longino

Who Was Joan Sebastian Guerrero? Colombian Authorised to Work in the US Fatally Shot During ICE Operation

Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian authorised to work in the United States, was fatally shot during an ICE operation in Maine, sparking protests and widespread outrage (Credit: Facebook/Joan Sebastian Guerrero)

The name Joan Sebastian Guerrero has become the latest flashpoint in America's heated immigration debate after the 26-year-old Colombian father was fatally shot during a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Biddeford, Maine.

Immigration advocates say Guerrero was on his way to work, legally employed in the United States with a Social Security number, when ICE agents confronted him. Officials later acknowledged he was not the individual they had initially been searching for, raising fresh questions about one of the agency's most controversial operations this year.

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