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¿Qué pasó en el tiroteo en Maine que involucra a agentes de ICE y en el que murió un inmigrante colombiano?

Un colombiano de 26 años murió este lunes en un tiroteo en el que estuvo involucrado ICE en Biddeford, Maine, según el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes del estado.

El incidente ocurrió apenas unos días después de que un agente federal de inmigración matara a tiros a un inmigrante mexicano durante una parada de tráfico en Houston, lo que desencadenó protestas masivas y exigencias de transparencia y rendición de cuentas.

“Una persona murió. ICE estuvo involucrado. La Policía Estatal y el Departamento de Seguridad Pública ya están en el lugar recabando información y esperamos que el FBI también investigue”, informó el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Maine, Ryan Fecteau, en una publicación en Facebook.

“Esos son los detalles que tengo por el momento. Compartiré más actualizaciones a medida que me las hagan llegar”, agregó.

El hombre que murió por disparos de un agente de ICE en Maine fue identificado como Joan Sebastian Guerrero, de 26 años, declaró a CNN su vecino, Nelson Elias.

Elias salió de su casa en Biddeford, Maine, la mañana del lunes y encontró que a su vecino le habían disparado y que había muerto, en medio de lo que describió como una fuerte conmoción que involucró a las fuerzas del orden.

Elias, quien dice que conoce a Guerrero desde 2024, contó que inicialmente escuchó varios disparos antes de salir y encontrar a Guerrero muerto en el suelo.

“Alrededor de las 7:00 a.m. escuché gritos, me despertaron. Los escuché (a los agentes) diciéndole que estacionara el auto. Era realmente fuerte. Luego, de repente, dispararon como 6 veces, y fue algo difícil de escuchar”, recordó Elias.

“Primero revisé a mi familia y luego salí. Él estaba ahí en el suelo. Su esposa estaba ahí gritando y llorando a su lado. Su hija también estaba ahí”, agregó.

Elias afirmó que Guerrero, quien es de Colombia, vivía con su pareja y su hija.

“Era una buena persona. Era callado y reservado. Trabajaba duro para mantener a su esposa y a una hija de 3 años. Solo pedimos justicia para su familia. Fue duro ver a su esposa sentada ahí, simplemente llorando y gritando”, expresó el vecino.

Guerrero trabajaba como repartidor, indicó Elias a CNN.

El joven tenía autorización para trabajar en Estados Unidos y contaba con un número de Seguro Social, comentó por su parte a CNN la directora de Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, Mufalo Chitam.

Las autoridades federales no han confirmado esa información.

El colombiano se dirigía a su trabajo cuando ocurrió el tiroteo, agregó Chitam.

El senador por Maine Angus King describió a la víctima como “un hombre de unos veintitantos años” sobre quien pesaba una orden de expulsión de Estados Unidos.

En su primera declaración oficial casi 12 horas después del incidente en Maine, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) aseguró que agente de ICE disparó su arma “temiendo por la seguridad pública” mientras la víctima del tiroteo mortal del lunes, en un vehículo, “intentó huir del lugar”.

El departamento no compartió detalles sobre por qué el agente creyó que el hombre era un riesgo para la seguridad pública.

El hombre no era el objetivo del operativo de control migratorio, según la oficina del senador de Maine Angus King, citando una conversación con el secretario del DHS Markwayne Mullin.

El DHS aseguró que había estado realizando vigilancia en la última dirección conocida de un inmigrante indocumentado con una orden final de deportación, cuando alguien salió de la residencia.

La representante demócrata por Maine en la Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU., Chellie Pingree, dijo que estaba “consternada y enojada” tras conocer la noticia del tiroteo. También pidió que se investigue el incidente y lanzó una pregunta dirigida a los agentes de ICE: “¿Qué hacen en Maine?”.

El incidente ocurre menos de una semana después de que un hombre que se dirigía a su trabajo en Houston muriera por disparos de un agente de ICE.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo falleció durante una parada de tráfico en lo que ICE describió inicialmente como un operativo de control dirigido, aunque posteriormente una fuente declaró que Salgado Araujo no era el objetivo del operativo.

El tiroteo ha reavivado los llamados para exigir rendición de cuentas a los agentes de ICE, que alcanzaron su punto más álgido a principios de este año después de que Renee Good, una madre de 37 años, y Alex Pretti, un enfermero de una unidad de cuidados intensivos de 37 años, murieran a manos de funcionarios federales de inmigración durante un operativo del Gobierno de Trump en Minneapolis.

El Gobierno bautizó como “Operation Catch of the Day” (“Operación Captura del Día”) un operativo similar de control inmigratorio llevado a cabo en Maine en enero.

La ACLU y otros grupos defensores presentaron una demanda contra agentes federales de inmigración por el “secuestro de un inmigrante con estatus legal” durante ese operativo.

Algunos grupos comunitarios y organizaciones que se movilizaron contra ese operativo a comienzos de este año ya empezaron a organizarse en respuesta al tiroteo de este lunes.

El grupo Maine Resists convocó a una manifestación comunitaria de emergencia este mediodía en la ciudad.

La organización Project Relief, dedicada a la justicia racial y a la defensa de los derechos de los inmigrantes, dijo que está en contacto con la familia de la víctima.

Esta es una noticia en desarrollo y será actualizada.

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