Pingree Says ICE Target in 25-Year-Old's Fatal Maine Shooting Lacked Removal Order
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Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 18
Pingree Says ICE Target in 25-Year-Old's Fatal Maine Shooting Lacked Removal Order
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 18
Summary
Rep. Chellie Pingree said ICE’s intended target in the July 13 Maine operation was Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero’s roommate, not Durán Guerrero, and that the roommate was not under a final removal order.
The disclosure undercuts prior DHS descriptions of the case; Pingree said Durán Guerrero, 25, had a pending asylum case and valid work permit and should not have been killed.
DHS said it stands by its account, saying agents were surveilling the last known address of an undocumented person with a final removal order, while declining to identify the operation’s target.
The shooting near Durán Guerrero’s Biddeford home remains under investigation by the Maine attorney general, as Democrats press ICE over agent vetting, use of force and a reported pause in most vehicle stops.