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Donald Trump's ICE agents killed two more men who were not the targets of their operations

Fear, outrage, and sadness have swept through communities across the nation after two men were killed by ICE agents within the span of a week.Last Tuesday, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican immigrant who had lived in the U.S. for 35 years, was fatally shot by immigration officers during a traffic stop in Texas, CNN reported. Then, on Monday morning in Maine, another man was shot and killed by federal agents."This cannot be acceptable in America," former Vice President Kamala Harris said, reacting to the latest killings. "There must be an immediate, independent, and transparent investigation. Anyone responsible for wrongdoing must be held accountable," she wrote on Bluesky.Joan Sebastian Guerrero should still be alive.This is the second time in a week that ICE agents have killed someone who — by their own admission — was not the subject of their operation. Now Sebastian is dead, his killing witnessed by his three-year-old daughter wearing her Bluey pajamas.— Kamala Harris (@kamalaharris.com) July 14, 2026 at 5:51 PMRelated: Who are Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez? CBP agents identified in Alex Pretti killing Demonstrators downtown Houston protest ICE for the killing of Mexican migrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty ImagesDetails are still emerging about the latest killing, that of Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian man, according to CNN. Guerrero, who lived with his partner and their 3-year-old daughter, was apparently headed to work when the shooting occurred. “He was a good person,” said a neighbor who helped identify him.Surveillance footage obtained by The Associated Press appears to show Guerrero being shot after his car had been stopped. Agents were then seen pulling his body from the vehicle and laying it on the ground.CNN also reported that local officials are demanding a “full and impartial” investigation and that protests have erupted throughout the city since news of Guerrero’s death broke

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