{"slug":"ice-killing-johan-sebastian-duran-guerrero","title":"ICE Agent Kills Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine; Trump Overrides Pause on ICE Traffic Stops","date":"2026-07-13","lastUpdated":"2026-10-04","description":"On the morning of July 13, 2026, a federal immigration agent shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Colombian man in his mid-twenties and father of a 3-year-old, during an ICE vehicle stop in Biddeford, Maine. He was not the target of the operation. The Maine Attorney General's office said he 'allegedly tried to flee in the officer's direction'; the agent was placed on leave. After this killing and the July 7 killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas, ICE instructed officers to suspend most vehicle stops; the next day President Trump overturned the pause on Truth Social.","summary":"An immigration agent shot dead a young Colombian father who was not the target of an ICE stop in Maine. It was the second fatal ICE traffic-stop shooting in a week. ICE paused most vehicle stops; Trump reversed the pause within a day, saying ICE could not give up 'THE TRAFFIC STOP!'","category":"extrajudicial-killing","severity":"severe","ongoing":true,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/neighbor-ids-man-shot-by-an-immigration-agent-in-biddeford/","title":"Neighbor IDs man shot by an immigration agent in Biddeford","publisher":"Portland Press Herald"},{"url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-agents-halt-vehicle-stops-after-shootings-maine-texas/","title":"Trump overturns pause of ICE vehicle stops implemented after Maine, Texas shootings","publisher":"CBS News"}],"draft":false,"status":"published","tags":["ICE","extrajudicial killing","Maine","Biddeford","traffic stops","use of force"],"relatedEntries":["houston-ice-killing-lorenzo-salgado-araujo","ice-killing-renee-good","ice-killing-silverio-villegas-gonzalez","hsi-killing-ruben-ray-martinez-concealed"],"timeline":[{"date":"2026-07-07","title":"Lorenzo Salgado Araujo killed in Texas","summary":"Officers searching for a different person stop Salgado Araujo's vehicle; he is shot after DHS says he ignored commands and tried to ram an officer (CBS News)."},{"date":"2026-07-13","title":"Durán Guerrero shot dead in Biddeford","summary":"A federal immigration agent shoots Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero during an ICE vehicle stop at around 7 a.m. The Maine AG says he allegedly tried to flee in the officer's direction; the agent is placed on leave (Portland Press Herald; CBS News)."},{"date":"2026-07-14","title":"ICE pauses most vehicle stops","summary":"ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations is instructed to suspend most vehicle stops nationwide, except for serious criminal targets (CBS News)."},{"date":"2026-07-15","title":"Trump reverses the pause","summary":"Trump posts on Truth Social that ICE cannot give up 'THE TRAFFIC STOP!' and tells it to stay 'judicious, fair and smart'; the White House confirms the post overturns the DHS memo (CBS News)."}],"location":{"name":"Biddeford, Maine"},"custom":{"era":"second-term","posture":"reported","internationalLaw":[{"statute":"International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights","article":"Article 6","provision":"Right to life; no arbitrary deprivation of life; duty to investigate potentially unlawful killings"},{"statute":"UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials","article":"Principle 9","provision":"Intentional lethal use of firearms only when strictly unavoidable to protect life (soft-law standard)"}],"iccRelevance":false,"civilianCasualties":1,"victims":"Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, 25 or 26 (sources differ), from Colombia; survived by his wife and 3-year-old daughter. CBS News describes him as in the country illegally, and Sen. Angus King said he had previously been given an order to leave the country. He was not the target of the operation.","perpetrators":"An unnamed federal immigration agent (shooter), placed on leave; President Donald Trump (reversed the post-shooting safety pause on ICE traffic stops)","structuredVictims":[{"name":"Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero","nationality":"Colombian","status":"killed","count":1}],"structuredPerpetrators":[{"name":"Donald Trump","role":"Overturned DHS's pause on ICE vehicle stops the day after it was issued","institution":"White House"}],"keyPoints":["Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, originally from Colombia, was shot on Pool Street in Biddeford on Monday morning, July 13, 2026; the Portland Press Herald gives his age as 26, CBS News as 25. His wife and young daughter were at the scene (Portland Press Herald).","According to DHS, as reported by CBS News, he was not the target of the operation; ICE tried to stop his car at around 7 a.m. while 'conducting targeted surveillance on the last known address' of someone else with a final removal order, and he was shot when he 'attempted to flee the scene.' DHS said: 'Fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon.' His father said he left behind a wife and 3-year-old daughter (CBS News).","The Maine Attorney General's office, which is investigating, said he 'allegedly tried to flee in the officer's direction'; the agent was placed on leave (Portland Press Herald).","A neighbour, Nelson Elias: 'He was just trying to escape. I just know it' (Portland Press Herald).","After this killing and the July 7 killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations was instructed to suspend most vehicle stops except for serious criminal targets (CBS News).","On Wednesday, July 15, Trump posted that 'we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.'s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!'; the White House confirmed the post overturned the DHS memo of the previous day (CBS News).","Sen. Angus King called for 'a full, fair, open, transparent investigation of this, not strictly run by the feds' (CBS News)."],"searchAliases":["Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero","Biddeford shooting","Maine ICE shooting","ICE traffic stop pause"],"legalBasis":"Fourth Amendment (excessive force); ICCPR Article 6 (arbitrary deprivation of life; duty to investigate); UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms (soft law).","postureNote":"The Maine Attorney General's office is investigating. The official accounts in the sources fetched are the AG's statement that he 'allegedly tried to flee in the officer's direction' and DHS's statement that he 'attempted to flee the scene' and that an officer fired 'fearing for public safety.' DHS and ICE had not confirmed his name when the Press Herald first reported. No charging decision has been reported. Both sources place the shooting on the morning of Monday, July 13, 2026.","relatedIncidents":["houston-ice-killing-lorenzo-salgado-araujo","ice-killing-renee-good","ice-killing-silverio-villegas-gonzalez","hsi-killing-ruben-ray-martinez-concealed"]}}