Federal immigration officers in Maine were forced to open fire Monday morning when a Colombian national tried to run them down with a car during an active immigration enforcement operation.

The man, later identified by neighbors as 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero, was struck and died after being rushed from his vehicle, according to local reports.

The situation unfolded in Biddeford during a Department of Homeland Security operation tied to an illegal alien with a deportation order.

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Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement were conducting surveillance when the suspect fled the scene in a car.

Instead of stopping as ordered, the driver attempted to flee and then turned the vehicle in the direction of the officers.

Federal officials confirmed that one ICE officer fired his weapon after fearing for public safety.

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DHS said emergency medical personnel were called immediately, but the suspect later died from his injuries.

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Video shared online appeared to show the wounded driver being dragged from the car and handcuffed as officers secured the scene.

Witnesses said the suspect appeared to drive straight toward an ICE agent.

Eighteen year old Lucas Scott told reporters he watched the vehicle accelerate as officers shouted commands before hearing multiple gunshots.

He described hearing about four shots, adding that the car was clearly being used as a weapon against law enforcement.

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Another witness reported that the driver exited the car bleeding and claimed he had been trying to stop.

Ring camera footage from a nearby residence reportedly captured five or six gunshot sounds.

The windshield of the suspect’s car showed clear bullet holes, and law enforcement officials were seen surrounding the area with weapons drawn.

 

Local police confirmed their only involvement was securing the perimeter after the ICE operation turned violent.

The reaction from Maine’s political establishment came quickly, and predictably, leaned into blaming ICE rather than the illegal driver who created the danger.

Senator Angus King told media outlets that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin initially informed him the man was the subject of a warrant, before later clarifying that there was no warrant.

The confusion added to the outrage from state officials, eager to criticize federal enforcement efforts.

Maine’s Democrat Governor Janet Mills wasted no time condemning federal officers, calling the event “disturbing and infuriating.”

She accused immigration authorities of recklessness, claiming their operations across the country are “haphazard.”

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows joined the chorus, promising to “remain tough” on immigration enforcement following the shooting.

Bellows told CNN host Jake Tapper that ICE agents and Trump era policies should be held accountable.

As usual, left wing activist groups rushed out statements portraying the suspect as a victim and community member rather than a man who had just attempted to plow through law enforcement personnel.

Organizations like Presente Maine and the Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition released a joint statement lamenting his death and describing him as a neighbor whose “life was cut tragically short.”

The groups framed the shooting as part of a pattern of oppression rather than an act of self defense by federal officers trying to protect the public.

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Even New York City’s radical Mayor Zohran Mamdani weighed in from hundreds of miles away, calling ICE “a murderous agency” and repeating the left’s favorite chant to “abolish ICE.”

It is a familiar pattern: every time agents are forced to defend themselves, progressive politicians and activists turn the narrative inside out, suggesting immigration law enforcement is the true villain.

Locals in Biddeford noted that ICE had been active in recent weeks, tracking down illegal migrants with deportation orders.

One resident said he witnessed agents chasing workers off a roof nearby days earlier, describing a scene where several individuals abandoned their tools to escape.

The growing tension between immigration enforcement and local officials mirrors the national divide over border security under the current administration’s approach.

The federal agency confirmed that the DHS Inspector General’s Office will review the shooting.

For now, however, the scene remains another example of the difficulty faced by officers tasked with carrying out immigration laws in an environment where state and local politicians prefer to vilify them rather than support them.

While activists hold rallies and demand ICE’s abolition, the harsh reality remains that immigration enforcement is both lawful and necessary.

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When an individual uses a vehicle to endanger citizens and officers, lethal force is a last resort, not a political statement.

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The Biddeford incident highlights the increasing hostility directed toward those who put their lives on the line to enforce the nation’s laws.

This case will likely be used by anti enforcement politicians as another talking point against ICE, though the facts tell a much simpler story.

Officers in Maine responded to a direct threat from a suspect trying to use his car as a weapon.

In any other context, that would be recognized as a justified act of self defense.

Instead, the left is turning a violent encounter into another moral crusade against border security.

For the men and women of ICE, this incident is one more reminder of how thankless the job has become.

They are expected to defend the border, arrest criminals, and uphold federal law, all while enduring nonstop political hostility from those who benefit from chaos at the border.

The message from Maine’s leadership sends a chilling signal to law enforcement throughout the country. In today’s political climate, following the law may now be considered a crime.

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