Mexican man killed after ICE encounter in Florida was on vacation, officials say
a mexican man shot and killed He was vacationing in the United States and had a tourist visa after fleeing federal immigration officers in a tractor trailer in Florida, according to a group assisting a Mexican official and his wife.
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, 28, was arrested by authorities in St. He died July 14 after a truck said he was thrown into his path from a busy road in St. Augustine. It was his third death in about a week. including matches With Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after deadly shootings Texas And Maine.
Coronilla Durán traveled to Atlanta from his hometown of San Luis de la Paz in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato to visit family and friends, according to Isaret Jeffers, founder of Colectivo Arbol, a farmers’ advocacy group. Jeffers said Tuesday that he stayed in Georgia for three weeks before heading to Florida’s east coast to enjoy the beaches.
U.S. authorities have not publicly identified this person, but a Mexican official confirmed his name. Jeffers said the man’s wife, Yezzika Alamilla, told them he was visiting the United States on a tourist visa.
The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to an email Tuesday seeking comment on whether Coronilla Durán had a valid visa.
Authorities say he ran from immigration officers
Coronilla Durán was one of four people in the vehicle that stopped in a gas station parking lot before 7 a.m. on the day he died. The Florida Highway Patrol said the four fled on foot during an encounter with agents from ICE and Homeland Security Investigations, with one of them darting into the path of the semi along a busy roadway.
It’s unclear what triggered the encounter and what happened to the other three passengers in the vehicle.
The Highway Patrol and DHS did not provide additional details, citing the ongoing investigation.
Advocacy group says wife seeks help
The day after her husband’s death, Alamilla called Colectivo Arbol, which provides legal advice and assistance to farmers in Central Florida, Jeffers said. She was seeking help traveling from Mexico and repatriating her husband’s remains. He said the organization bought him a plane ticket and hosted him for three days until Monday. The Mexican consulate has been helping him ever since.
“His wife said he went there on a tourist visa. He didn’t understand what happened,” Jeffers said. “He didn’t come to work; he wasn’t working. He was here as a tourist.”
Jeffers said Alamilla “was very scared and thought that was why she ran away.”
Their remains will be returned to their country
Susana Guerra Vallejo, undersecretary of immigration assistance and mobility issues for the Mexican state of Guanajuato, said Coronilla Durán “was in the United States for a very short time (and) received a tourist visa,” according to the widow’s information.
He said Alamilla could view her husband’s body at the funeral home in Florida.
Guerra Vallejo told The Associated Press that Coronilla Durán’s body will be transported to Mexico on a commercial flight from Orlando. He said he will be buried in his hometown of San Luis de la Paz, a farming community in Guanajuato, about 260 kilometers northwest of Mexico City.
Coronilla Durán and Alamilla have two children, a 7-month-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, Jeffers said.
Coronilla Durán’s death at least 10. Including matches He has been working with immigration agents since President Donald Trump launched his mass deportation campaign last year.
Mexican government said this asked state attorneys general To examine deaths in the USA Immigrants in ICE custody or during raids for possible criminal prosecution.
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