Killing of Silverio Villegas González
2025 shooting by a US immigration agent
On September 12, 2025, 38-year-old Silverio Villegas González was shot and killed by an unnamed United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer while trying to flee a traffic stop in the Franklin Park suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Villegas González's death was the third fatal shooting by immigration agents during the second Trump administration, and the third death during an immigration operation.
Background
Silverio Villegas González was an undocumented Mexican immigrant from Irimbo, Michoacán, and had lived in Chicago for nearly twenty years. He lived with his girlfriend, her 13-year old daughter, and his two sons, aged 3 and 7, and he was working as a line cook at the time of his death. Villegas González had no criminal record, but in an official statement, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed that he had "a history of reckless driving". An investigation into his record found four traffic violations between 2010 and 2019 for offenses including speeding, an expired driver's license, not having insurance, and not having a child restraint seat, the most recent of which was from 2013. Villegas pleaded guilty to all of the violations, and a lawyer who represented him in two of these cases said that he was "very compliant" with all court requirements and responsibilities, despite his undocumented status.
The long weekend of September 12–15 included several Mexican Independence Day celebrations in Chicago. The beginning of Operation Midway Blitz and Operation At Large, which included Trump's threat of the deployment of the U.S. National Guard to Chicago, roughly coincided with these festivities.
The suburb of Franklin Park has historically been heavily populated by immigrants, and the majority of its current residents are Hispanic or Latino.
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