Second Ex-Wife Seeks Protection Order Against ICE Agent Who Shot Man in Biddeford
Relatives and court records describe years of violent abuse and mental-health struggles before the fatal shooting, including threats against ex-wives and daughters.
- On Monday, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, David Brouillette, fatally shot 25-year-old Colombian national Johan Sebastian Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine.
- Brouillette, 37, allegedly assaulted multiple women and girls, including two ex-wives and his daughters, according to court records and relatives who told the Associated Press he had a long history of psychiatric issues and abusive behavior.
- Relatives and his ex-wife confirmed Brouillette was "extremely mentally ill," citing an instance where he threw boiling water at her while holding their daughter, and his 18-year-old daughter reported he called her on Wednesday, admitting to the shooting.
- Representative Bennie Thompson, top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, stated the incident "directly call into question the purported vetting and training process" ICE conducts for new recruits.
- To accelerate hiring under pressure to expand deportations, ICE offered bonuses of up to $50,000, removed college degree requirements, and lowered the minimum age to 18, raising concerns that candidates with questionable records underwent insufficient background checks.
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ICE Agent In Fatal Maine Shooting Has History Of Violence
Source: Connecticut Public Broadcasting / Getty Here’s a question: is the federal government just deputizing any-ol’-body to be Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents? I mean, we’ve already reported on how the government has lowered the standards for ICE recruitment, even going as far as to waive age requirements in order to “take father/son bonding to a whole new level,” but is the government even running background checks at all befo…
Questions swirl over violent past of ICE agent in deadly Maine shooting
David Brouilette, 37, worked as a truck driver and real estate agent before being hired by ICE, following a circuitous career that included stints as a soldier, prison guard and hospital police officer
When David Brouillette told his ex-wife, Ashley, at the end of last year that he had joined the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE for her initials in English), she simply did not believe him. Her ex-husband was abusive, had a long history of psychiatric problems and never had to carry a badge and gun, as she and other family members told The Associated Press. Ashley Brouillette did not realize that her then husband was telling the…
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