U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has suspended most non-urgent vehicle stops following two fatal shootings by agents in less than a week, the Department of Homeland Security said.
The most recent death occurred Monday in Biddeford, Maine, where an agent shot and killed 26-year-old Colombian national Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero during an attempted traffic stop. Last week, agents in Houston shot and killed 52-year-old Mexican citizen Lorenzo Salgado Araujo after trying to pull over his vehicle. DHS said the agent in Houston fired in self-defense and that Araujo was not the intended target. Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the Maine shooting as murder.
None of the agents involved in either shooting were wearing body cameras. DHS has pledged to deploy body cameras to all agents within 60 days. At least seven people have been killed in immigration enforcement operations since January 2025.