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DHS Won’t Name Agents Who Kill. Local Police Agencies Are More Open

Artists are responding to Guerrero’s death with a July 30 benefit show and a mural in Biddeford, while organizers say 3 acts are already booked.

  • On Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents killed 25-year-old Colombian national Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, while attempting to execute a warrant for another individual.
  • Since January 2025, federal immigration officers have killed six people, with an American Civil Liberties Union report identifying 432 incidents where agents used or threatened force against immigrants and bystanders.
  • Artists Ryan Adams and Erica Sedler are planning a mural in Biddeford to honor Guerrero, while folk musician Bob Wiegers organized a July 30 benefit concert at Sacred Profane Brewery to support the victim's family.
  • The Department of Homeland Security declined to release officer names, prompting Maine's congressional delegation to call for an independent investigation and urge an end to vehicle-related enforcement stops.
  • Congressional Republicans allocated $75 billion to ICE and Border Patrol this year, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stating officers will continue vehicle-related enforcement stops to maintain the deportation campaign.
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The fatal encounter of a Colombian father with the ICE in Maine raises a more serious question than whether officials are allowed to use violence: Is the US immigration system so trained, supervised and interpreted that preventable deaths are prevented while the law is enforced effectively and fairly? Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was 26 years old when he [...] The post death of a Colombian reveals dangerous gap between law enforcement and just…

Several people place candles on an improvised monument in memory of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian immigrant who was gunned down by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on July 13, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine. Credit: Ryan Murphy/Getty Images. By Amira Abuzeid Catholic leaders offer prayers and make various calls for peace and justice after federal immigration agents shot two immigrants in a week.

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Nación Paisa broke the news on Saturday, July 18, 2026.
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