BIDDEFORD, MAINE — The ICE agent who fatally shot a 25-year-old Colombian man in Maine this summer had a documented history of anti-immigrant hostility and employment red flags before joining the agency, according to new reporting from The New York Times and the Portland Press Herald.
David Brouillette shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero during an immigration operation in Biddeford on July 13. Maine authorities said Guerrero attempted to flee in a vehicle toward an officer, but the state attorney general’s office is still investigating whether the use of deadly force was legally justified.
The Times reported that Brouillette sent racist emails in 2021 attacking his sister’s Colombian-born partner, disparaging his “bloodline” and telling him to return to his country. The Press Herald previously reported that a Hallowell official considered Brouillette to have “too many red flags” to hire as a local police officer.
New reporting also indicates Brouillette did not complete ICE’s full training program in Georgia and that his background investigation remained incomplete because of a large agency backlog. His access to some federal computer systems was reportedly restricted because he lacked full clearance.
Trump border czar Tom Homan said earlier that, if allegations about Brouillette’s background were accurate, he “should not have cleared vetting.”
The case raises additional questions about ICE’s rapid hiring expansion and whether vetting and training safeguards kept pace.
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