A 24-year previous Honduran nationwide was struck and killed on a freeway as he tried to flee ICE brokers who stopped his automobile, officers stated.
Jose Castro-Rivera was in a automobile that was stopped on I-264 eastbound in Virginia round 11 a.m. native time on Thursday, in accordance with Virginia State Police, who had been responding to a report of a vehicle-pedestrian crash on the Army Freeway interchange.
After they arrived, troopers discovered an grownup male who had been hit by a 2002 Ford pickup truck. The person was recognized as Rivera, and was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
A preliminary investigation by VSP discovered that he was “fleeing from a pursuit initiated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when he exited his automobile and tried to cross the interstate.”
Officers from VSP weren’t concerned within the pursuit however are investigating the pedestrian crash, which stays underneath investigation.
A spokesperson from the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety stated ICE stopped the automobile during which the Honduran nationwide was touring as “a part of a focused, intelligence-based immigration enforcement operation.”
“Upon figuring out that the occupants had been in the USA illegally, officers started detaining the occupants of the focused automobile. Nonetheless, one of many automobile’s occupants, Jose Castro-Rivera, resisted closely and fled the scene onto a busy freeway, creating a major security danger to himself and most people,” the company stated. “Sadly, a passing automobile struck Castro-Rivera.”
One of many ICE officers gave Castro-Rivera CPR earlier than he died, the DHS spokesperson stated.
“The officer then knowledgeable the three detained aliens that their buddy had deceased,” the DHS spokesperson stated.
Federal crackdowns have been occurring nationwide in current weeks.
Earlier this week, 9 immigrants from Africa suspected of being within the nation illegally had been taken into custody by Immigration and Customized Enforcement brokers throughout what DHS referred to as a “focused, intelligence-driven enforcement operation on Canal Avenue in New York Metropolis centered on legal exercise regarding promoting counterfeit items.”
ICE deported about 140 people again to Venezuela in its latest removal flight on Oct. 15.
