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A 24-year-old man from Honduras who was fleeing federal immigration agents Virginia Died after being hit by a vehicle on the highway.
The death of Josue Castro Rivera follows recent incidents involving three other immigrants chicago And California were killed during immigration enforcement operations under trump Strictness of administration.
Castro Rivera was on his way to do gardening work on Thursday when his vehicle was stopped by someone. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the officer, Brother Henry Castro.
According to state and federal officials, agents tried to detain Castro Rivera and three other passengers, and he fled on foot, tried to cross Interstate 264 in Norfolk and was fatally struck.
According to his brother, Castro Rivera came to the United States four years ago and was working to send money to family in Honduras.
“He had a very good heart,” Castro said Sunday.
The Department of Homeland Security said Castro Rivera’s vehicle was stopped by ICE as part of a “targeted, intelligence-based” operation and the passengers were detained for allegedly being in the country without legal permission.
DHS said in a statement that Castro Rivera “resisted heavily and fled” and was struck by a passing vehicle and died. DHS officials did not respond to requests for further comment Sunday.
Virginia State Police said officers responded to a report of a vehicle-pedestrian crash around 11 a.m. Thursday on eastbound I-264 at the Military Highway interchange. Police said Rivera was struck by a 2002 Ford pickup and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
Federal officials and state police reported his first name as Jose, but family members said it was Josu. DHS and State Police did not explain the discrepancy.
Castro called his brother’s death an injustice and said he was raising money to take the body back to Honduras for cremation.
“Whatever happened to him, he didn’t deserve it,” Castro said.
DHS attributed Castro Rivera’s death as “a direct result of every politician, activist, and reporter who continues to spread propaganda and misinformation about ICE’s mission and methods of evading detention.”
Similar deaths during immigration campaigns elsewhere have sparked protests, lawsuits and calls for an investigation, amid claims that the Trump administration’s early accounts are misleading.
Last month in suburban Chicago, federal immigration agents shot and killed a Mexican man during a traffic stop. DHS initially said a federal officer was “critically injured”, but police body camera video showed the federal officer turning around and describing his own injuries as “no major injuries.”
A farmworker died from his injuries after falling from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic ICE raid on a California cannabis facility in July. And in August a man fled federal agents on a freeway in the same state and was fatally struck by a vehicle.