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Man Killed by Truck After ICE Encounter in Florida Was Visiting From Mexico
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, a 28-year-old man from Guanajuato State, Mexico, was fatally struck by a truck in Florida while fleeing immigration agents.
- The incident occurred last Tuesday near a Wawa gas station in St. Augustine, Florida, as he ran onto a busy roadway to escape Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents.
- Coronilla Durán was reportedly visiting the U.S. on a valid tourist visa and had planned to return to Mexico shortly after the incident, according to his wife and a nonprofit supporting farmworkers.
- State and federal officials have declined to release details about the man's identity, visa status, or the events leading to his death, and Homeland Security did not respond to requests for comment.
- The nonprofit Colectivo Árbol is assisting Coronilla Durán’s widow, who arrived from Mexico to claim his body.
