Honduran man killed on Virginia highway as he tried to escape ICE agents

[ad_1] A 24-year outdated Honduran nationwide was struck and killed on a freeway as he tried to flee ICE brokers who stopped his automobile, officers mentioned.

Jose Castro-Rivera was in a automobile that was stopped on I-264 eastbound in Virginia round 11 a.m. native time on Thursday, in keeping with Virginia State Police, who had been responding to a report of a vehicle-pedestrian crash on the Navy Freeway interchange.

Once they arrived, troopers discovered an grownup male who had been hit by a 2002 Ford pickup truck. The person was recognized as Rivera, and was pronounced lifeless on the scene.

A preliminary investigation by VSP discovered that he was "fleeing from a pursuit initiated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when he exited his automobile and tried to cross the interstate."

Officers from VSP weren't concerned within the pursuit however are investigating the pedestrian crash, which stays beneath investigation.

A spokesperson from the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety mentioned ICE stopped the automobile during which the Honduran nationwide was touring as "a part of a focused, intelligence-based immigration enforcement operation."

"Upon figuring out that the occupants had been in the US illegally, officers started detaining the occupants of the focused automobile. Nevertheless, one of many automobile's occupants, Jose Castro-Rivera, resisted closely and fled the scene onto a busy freeway, creating a big security danger to himself and most people," the company mentioned. "Sadly, a passing automobile struck Castro-Rivera."

One of many ICE officers gave Castro-Rivera CPR earlier than he died, the DHS spokesperson mentioned.

"The officer then knowledgeable the three detained aliens that their buddy had deceased," the DHS spokesperson mentioned.

Federal crackdowns have been occurring nationwide in latest weeks.

Earlier this week , 9 immigrants from Africa suspected of being within the nation illegally had been taken into custody by Immigration and Customized Enforcement brokers throughout what DHS referred to as a "focused, intelligence-driven enforcement operation on Canal Avenue in New York Metropolis centered on prison exercise regarding promoting counterfeit items."