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Man killed by ICE agent was from Colombia and moved to Maine, worked as food delivery driver to support wife and daughter 47%
By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio58% Sabrina Shankman73% Lea Skene73%
7/15/2026, 1:00:04 AM
Topics: Ice Shooting, Immigration Enforcement, Fatal Encounters With Law Enforcement, Immigrant Experiences, Family Impact Of Immigration Policies
Keywords: Ice, Shooting, Victim, Colombia, Maine, Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, Biddeford, Deportation Order, Protesters, Family, Father, Daughter, Work, Immigration
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BIDDEFORD, Maine — He dreamed of a prosperous future.
A robust education for his young daughter.
Opportunities he hoped to find in America.
Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero left behind his native Colombia and settled in southern Maine.
He was building a new life here, working multiple jobs, watching his daughter grow up.
On Monday morning, he was shot and killed by an ICE agent outside his family’s Biddeford apartment.
It was the second recent deadly shooting by US immigration agents after another man was killed in Texas last week, sparking public outcry and prompting action from Trump administration officials.
In response, the US Department of Homeland Security agreed to “cease all non-urgent vehicle stops,” Senator Susan Collins of Maine said in a social media post Tuesday.
Little is still known of the circumstances of the shooting, including why officers encountered Guerrero in the first place.
While federal officials said ICE agents were trying to serve a deportation order, Senator Angus King’s office said they weren’t targeting Guerrero but were looking for someone else.
Family members and friends on Tuesday remembered Guerrero as a hardworking man whose life revolved around his family.
On Saturday, two days before the shooting, Guerrero had posted two photos of his daughter, as a baby and a toddler, on Facebook. “3 years later,” he wrote in Spanish.
“I love you my beautiful princess.”
By Tuesday morning, dozens of people had commented on the post offering condolences and prayers.
The 26-year-old Guerrero was legally authorized to work in the United States, according to his family.
He immigrated several years ago, later joined by his wife, said a close friend from Colombia, Luis Andres Bravo Perdomo.
“He told me he was going over there for a better future,” Perdomo told the Globe in a phone interview, speaking in Spanish.
He said his friend’s dream was to give his daughter a better education than he believed she could get in Colombia.
And when they talked recently, Perdomo was delighted because it seemed like things were going well.
He said the tragic outcome seems unbelievable.
“I feel a lot of sadness, and a lot of pain because of what has happened,” he said.
The two formed a strong bond while serving in the Colombian military during 2019 and 2020.
“We would endure days of cold and hunger,” Perdomo said.
“But we would lean on each other for advice.”
Guerrero loved Colombian cumbia, a type of music with Indigenous and Afro-descendant roots.
He was also skilled at playing the snare drum, Perdomo said.
About one month ago, when Perdomo was about to have his first child, Guerrero congratulated him heartily: “He told me it would be the most beautiful thing to happen, to have a family,” Perdomo said.
In an audio message distributed to Colombian news stations, Guerrero’s father, Omar Durán, said his son had always been a judicious, loving, and disciplined man.
“He was a person who loved his family so much,” Durán said.
Guerrero had two jobs and worked long days.
He spent mornings at a veterinary clinic, cleaning the facility, and then switched to food delivery after his shift was over, his father said.
“He had a lot of visions to get ahead in life, a lot of dreams to achieve,” Durán said in Spanish.
“He is a marvelous son, and I don’t know why they did this to him.
… He was a person who was brought up with values.”
He said Guerrero had legal work authorization and was routinely checking in with US immigration authorities.
“It is a deep pain that they have caused us,” Durán said, calling his son’s death unjust.
He said he’s praying for justice.
The shooting occurred amid a recent spike in ICE activity around Biddeford, residents said.
And it followed the agency’s controversial January crackdown in Maine, called Operation Catch of the Day, in which hundreds of immigrants were detained.
For the second straight day, protesters gathered to demand accountability, this time in front of the state’s only ICE facility, in nearby Scarborough.
“These ICE agents are turning into domestic enemies,” said Charles Curreri, 26, a Navy veteran who attended the protest with his wife and their toddler son.
And in Biddeford, a memorial honoring Guerrero had grown significantly.
Roses, sunflowers, lilies, and daisies adorned the sidewalk near where he was killed, along with candles, cardboard signs, and written messages.
One handmade card featured the painted handprint of a small child.<b> </b>
Someone had left a stuffed animal of the cartoon dog Bluey.
An eyewitness told the Portland Press Herald that Guerrero’s daughter was wearing Bluey pajamas when she came outside after the shooting.
There were a few American flags, too.
And on a utility pole above the memorial, someone had attached a printed photo of a smiling Guerrero with a poem in Spanish that read: “Today the sky received a young man full of dreams, light, and goodness.
Your departure hurts deeply, but your memory will live forever in our hearts.”
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