Silverio Villegas Gonzalez left Irimbo, in Mexico's Michoacan state, for the United States 18 years ago. He returned on Thursday in a coffin after he was shot dead by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on September 12.
“We are in a lot of pain,“ Villegas’ older brother Jorge Villegas told Reuters through tears.
Villegas' killing, just after dropping off his two children at a nearby elementary school and daycare, has inflamed tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown and highlighted the increasingly violent tactics of immigration agents.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said an agent fired his weapon at Villegas in self-defense after the man drove his vehicle toward agents. Bodycam footage and documents reviewed by Reuters showed a more complex version of events.
“I truly hope that justice will be served. The way he was killed, the way things happened, cannot go unpunished,“ Jorge said.
“They go out to work with the fear that immigration will arrive and do something to them, just like what happened to our classmate,“ Avila said.
“We are humble and very hardworking people, just like Silverio was.” - REUTERS
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