{"id":6733,"date":"2026-07-15T14:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6733"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:37:25","slug":"man-killed-by-vehicle-while-fleeing-encounter-with-dhs-agents-in-florida-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6733","title":{"rendered":"Man Killed by Vehicle While Fleeing \u2018Encounter\u2019 With DHS Agents in Florida, Official Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">The deadly encounter on Tuesday comes in the wake of two fatal shootings by ICE agents within less than a week that involved immigration officers attempting to stop someone in a vehicle. The deaths have sparked fierce backlash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">On July 7, an ICE officer shot 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who had lived in the U.S. for decades, during a traffic stop in Houston.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Six days later, another officer with the agency fatally shot Johan Sebasti\u00e1n Dur\u00e1n Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian national, while he was driving near his home in Biddeford, Maine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">DHS alleged that both drivers attempted to flee from immigration agents and that Araujo tried to run over an ICE officer with his vehicle. The department has not provided evidence for those claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Passengers in Araujo\u2019s vehicle who witnessed the shooting have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/immigration\/2026\/07\/10\/migrants-who-saw-man-killed-by-ice-houston-say-he-did-not-ram-officers\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">disputed<\/a> DHS\u2019s account of the incident, according to a lawyer who spoke with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deadly encounter on Tuesday comes in the wake of two fatal shootings by ICE agents within less than a week that involved immigration officers attempting to stop someone in a vehicle. 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