Mexican Tourist with Valid Visa Killed by Truck While Fleeing ICE Agents in Florida

Jul 20, 2026

Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, a 28-year-old Mexican tourist with a valid visa, was killed by a semi-truck in St. Augustine, Florida, on July 14, 2026, while fleeing ICE and HSI agents. His death marks one of four ICE-related fatalities in a single week amid a sweeping mass deportation campaign. In response, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has launched an investigation into the deaths of at least 18 Mexican nationals in U.S. custody or during arrests, seeking potential criminal prosecution.

Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran death

▪Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, a 28-year-old Mexican national, was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer on July 14, 2026, while fleeing federal immigration agents in St. Augustine, Florida.
▪Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán owned a restaurant in San Luis de La Paz, Guanajuato, Mexico, where he lived with his wife, Jessica Alamilla, and their two children.
▪Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán was visiting the United States on a valid tourist visa, having arrived in Georgia three weeks prior before traveling to Florida for a beach vacation.

ICE enforcement operations

▪A Homeland Security source familiar with the case indicated that border patrol agents were involved in the encounter alongside Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
▪Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán and three other occupants of a vehicle fled on foot when approached by federal immigration agents at a gas station near St. Augustine, Florida, before 7 a.m. on July 14, 2026.
▪The Florida Highway Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations are investigating the incident that resulted in the death of Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán.

Recent immigration encounter deaths

▪Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán's death was one of four deaths related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement encounters that occurred in less than a single week in July 2026.
▪Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, on July 7, 2026, and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13, 2026.

Mexican government investigation

▪The Mexican government requested that state attorneys general in the United States review deaths of migrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during raids for possible criminal prosecution.
▪Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum opened an investigation into the deaths of at least 18 Mexican nationals in the United States since Donald Trump assumed office, seeking potential criminal prosecution.

Immigrant community fear

▪The aggressive mass deportation campaign has resulted in federal agents detaining immigrants with valid work permits, legal documentation, and some United States citizens.
▪Isaret Jeffers of Colectivo Árbol stated that local farmworkers and immigrants are too afraid to leave their homes for normal daily activities due to ongoing immigration arrests.