Jesús García calls the Silverio shooting a murder
U.S. representative for Illinois
“In both cases, ICE has lied about the facts that led to these murders, just like they lied when they killed Silverio Villegas Gonzalez and shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago last year.”
Source and context
Official statement
About this source
Official statement addressing the killings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine. García called both deaths murders and accused ICE of lying about the facts.
Before the quotation
García was criticizing a pattern of fatal immigration-enforcement shootings and DHS accounts of them.
After the quotation
He called ICE a rogue, lawless agency and demanded accountability and structural reform.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Was ICE justified in fatally shooting Silverio Villegas González?
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Why this label?
He categorically condemns the shooting and rejects ICE’s factual defense.
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Was ICE justified in fatally shooting Silverio Villegas González?
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Read the full case“Whether it be the apartment raids in South Shore, the shooting of Marimar Martinez in Brighton Park, or the murder of Silverio Villegas González, it’s been proven that ICE does NOT keep us safe - they are designed to intimidate communities of color and deport as many people as possible.”Read statement
Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus
“For eight long months, evidence suggesting this shooting was unjustified – from body camera footage contradicting the federal agent’s claims of severe injury to lack of evidence supporting claims that an agent was dragged – has circulated in the public sphere.”Read statement
Illinois Accountability Commission
“Federal agents shot and killed Villegas González without apparent justification as he drove away from them.”Read statement