Mexican Man Killed After ICE Encounter in Florida Was on Vacation, Officials Say
Family says the 28-year-old was on vacation with a tourist visa and planned to return to Mexico within days.
- On July 14, 2026, 28-year-old Mexican tourist Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán died in St. Augustine, Florida, after being struck by a semi-truck while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents near State Road 16.
- Coronilla Durán was visiting from San Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato, on a valid tourist visa for three weeks, according to his wife, Yezzika Alamilla, who told Spectrum News he had arrived recently.
- Witness Jose Rivera, a garbage truck driver, told the Herald that Coronilla Durán slipped on a grass median while running from unmarked vehicles before stumbling into oncoming traffic. "The traffic was coming pretty quick, and he just lost his footing," Rivera said.
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the death, stating "no fellow citizen should be unprotected when facing possible abuse from authority, disproportionate use of force, or human rights violations." Alamilla flew to Florida on July 20 to arrange repatriation of his remains.
- Coronilla Durán's death marks at least the 10th fatality involving immigration agents since President Donald Trump launched his mass deportation campaign last year, prompting Mexican officials to request U.S. state attorneys general review migrant deaths for possible criminal charges.
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Coronilla Durán had arrived in the United States three weeks ago, approached by ICE agents in a gas pump, the Mexican was hit by a truck in an attempt to escape.
He is aware of the case of the Mexican tourist who died while fleeing the ICE in Florida and why his death revived criticism of the federal agency.
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán was on vacation in the United States when he was hit by a truck in Florida, revealed his wife, Yessica Alamilla López, who traveled to carry out the procedures of repatriation of the body. “He had a tourist visa. He had little; he had been in the United States for three weeks and only two days in Florida.”Yessica Alamilla López, wife of Juan Jairo Coronilla DuránYessica Alamilla López went to Florida with the support o…
Mexican man killed in Florida ICE 'encounter' was on vacation in US with tourist visa, latest reports reveal
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, a 28-year-old man from the Mexican state of Guanajuato, was killed on July 14 after being struck by a semi-truck while running from federal immigration officials in Florida. The incident occurred on a Tuesday morning at a gas station, where officials approached Coronilla and a group of four other men. Following the encounter, the men fled the scene, and Coronilla ultimately ran into traffic, where he was hit by the tr…
The young Mexican who died last Wednesday from a truck hit in the middle of the flight of ICE agents was in the U.S. on a tourist visa. His controversial death provoked a new wave of criticism against the controls to deport undocumented immigrants, following the deaths of two other people in the same week at the hands of immigration agents. Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, a 28-year-old Mexican, died while escaping from the U.S. Immigration and Custo…
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