Man Killed by Truck After ICE Encounter in Florida Was Visiting From Mexico
A Central Florida nonprofit group identified the man as Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán and said he had planned to return home to his family.
A man fatally hit by a truck in Florida while running from an encounter with immigration agents was visiting from Mexico, according to a nonprofit organization supporting his widow.
A spokeswoman for the organization identified the man as Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, 28, of Guanajuato State.
State and federal officials have repeatedly declined to identify the man who was killed last Tuesday when he ran on to a busy roadway and was struck by a tractor-trailer. The man was fleeing an encounter with agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations at a Wawa gas station in St. Augustine, Fla.
The nonprofit, Colectivo Árbol, which supports farmworkers in Central Florida, is hosting the man’s wife, who arrived from Mexico on Friday to claim his body, said the group’s spokeswoman, Isaret Jeffers.
Ms. Jeffers said that, according to Mr. Coronilla’s wife, he was visiting on a valid tourist visa and had planned to return to his home country on Saturday. The New York Times could not independently verify the claim.
