The ICE Agent Who Opened Fire on a 26-Year-Old Colombian Father in Maine Called His Ex-Wife After and Allegedly Asked Her to Protect Him

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Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was 26 years old, had an active asylum case that allowed him to work legally in the United States and was shot through the windshield of his vehicle by a federal immigration agent in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13th while his three-year-old daughter was in the car. The ICE agent who fired has now been identified as David Michael Brouillette, a U.S. Army veteran, and the investigation took a turn after his ex-wife came forward with statements that directly challenge the official account of what happened.

What His Ex-Wife Said

Ashley Brouillette told the Portland Press Herald that Brouillette called her after the shooting to admit he was the one who fired and to ask her to lie to protect his reputation. She refused. She said that when she declined, he shifted to insisting the shooting was justified because Durán Guerrero had tried to run him over, a claim that security camera footage and witness accounts have not supported.

She also disclosed that she had previously reported concerns about her ex-husband’s mental health to his Army superiors, that she experienced abuse during their relationship and that after her connection to the case became public, she and her family received threats. Brouillette’s background includes law enforcement and public service roles in Maine, military service including a deployment to Afghanistan and volunteer work with a fire department.

The Family He Left Behind

Martha Carolina Rojas Álvarez, Durán Guerrero’s 23-year-old wife, has spoken publicly about the life they were building after leaving Colombia with their daughter. She said she does not have the strength to tell their child that her father is not coming back. She described a man who was entirely devoted to his family, and said their daughter would wake up every morning and call her father to tell him she had slept well.

According to the family’s attorney Benjamin Gideon, Durán Guerrero arrived in the United States in 2023 with an active asylum case that gave him legal authorization to work in the country. The arrest warrant agents were attempting to execute that morning was apparently intended for a different person entirely.

Durán Guerrero was struck by at least four shots fired through his windshield while his three-year-old daughter was in the vehicle. The agents involved were not wearing body cameras. Multiple investigations are currently underway, and Ashley Brouillette’s statements have added pressure on those processes to produce a transparent account of what happened on July 13th in Biddeford.

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