A 24-year-old Honduran man who was fleeing federal immigration brokers in Virginia died on a freeway after being struck by a automobile.

The loss of life of Josué Castro Rivera follows current incidents through which three different immigrants in Chicago and California have been killed throughout immigration enforcement operations underneath the Trump administration’s crackdown.

Castro Rivera was headed to a gardening job Thursday when his automobile was pulled over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, brother Henry Castro stated.

Brokers tried to detain Castro Rivera and the three different passengers, and he fled on foot, tried to cross Interstate 264 in Norfolk and was fatally struck, based on state and federal authorities.

Castro Rivera got here to the USA 4 years in the past and was working to ship cash to household in Honduras, based on his brother.

“He had an excellent coronary heart,” Castro stated Sunday.

The Division of Homeland Safety stated Castro Rivera’s automobile was stopped by ICE as a part of a “focused, intelligence-based” operation and passengers have been detained for allegedly residing within the nation with out authorized permission.

DHS stated in an announcement that Castro Rivera “resisted closely and fled” and died after a passing automobile struck him. DHS officers didn’t reply Sunday to requests for additional remark.

Virginia State Police stated officers responded to a report of a vehicle-pedestrian crash round 11 a.m. Thursday on eastbound I-264 on the Army Freeway interchange. Police stated Rivera was hit by a 2002 Ford pickup and was pronounced useless on the scene.

The crash stays underneath investigation.

Federal authorities and state police gave his first identify as Jose, however relations stated it was Josué. DHS and state police didn’t clarify the discrepancy.

Castro referred to as his brother’s loss of life an injustice and stated he’s elevating cash to move the physique again to Honduras for funeral.

“He didn’t deserve every thing that occurred to him,” Castro stated.

DHS blamed Castro Rivera’s loss of life on “a direct results of each politician, activist and reporter who proceed to unfold propaganda and misinformation about ICE’s mission and methods to keep away from detention.”

Comparable deaths amid immigration operations elsewhere have triggered protests, lawsuits and requires investigation amid claims that the Trump administration’s preliminary accounts are deceptive.

Final month in suburban Chicago, federal immigration brokers fatally shot a Mexican man throughout a visitors cease. DHS initially stated a federal officer was “significantly injured,” however police physique digicam video confirmed the federal officer strolling round and describing his personal accidents as “ nothing main.”

In July a farmworker who fell from a greenhouse roof throughout a chaotic ICE raid at a California hashish facility died of his accidents. And in August a person ran away from federal brokers onto a freeway in the identical state and was fatally struck by a automobile.