MEXICAN MAN KILLED BY TRUCK AFTER FLEEING ICE OFFICERS IN FLORIDA

Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, a 28-year-old Mexican national, was struck and killed by a articulated lorry in St. Augustine, Florida on 14 July after running from federal immigration officials. The incident occurred when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations agents approached Coronilla Durán and a group of four men at a petrol station. Coronilla Durán ran into traffic whilst attempting to flee and was hit by the articulated lorry, according to a Florida highway patrol spokesperson. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed an incident involving a Mexican national's death, and stated that the Florida Highway Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations launched an investigation.

According to his wife and farmworker advocacy organisations, Coronilla Durán was visiting the United States on a valid tourist visa and had a scheduled flight to return to Mexico. He had arrived in the US three weeks before his death and had been in Florida for only two days, having initially travelled to Atlanta to visit family and friends. His wife, who flew to the US following his death, learned of his death while watching news coverage. Coronilla Durán left behind a seven-year-old son and seven-month-old daughter in Mexico. The Associated Press confirmed his identity through a Mexican government official, though the Department of Homeland Security has not publicly identified him.

Coronilla Durán's death is one of four ICE-related deaths that occurred within one week in July. Two individuals, one in Texas and one in Maine, were shot and killed by ICE officers during separate encounters. A fourth person died whilst in ICE custody during transfer to an immigration detention centre in Georgia. These four deaths have prompted renewed calls from lawmakers and advocacy groups to restrict ICE operations and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, amid the Trump administration's stated "mass deportation" campaign.