Monday, October 27, 2025 - A 24-year-old Honduran national was tragically killed after being struck by a vehicle on a Virginia highway while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers last week.
The incident occurred on Thursday when Josué Castro Rivera
was on his way to his gardening job. ICE officers pulled over his vehicle and
attempted to detain him and three other passengers, according to his brother,
Henry Castro.
Castro Rivera bolted from the scene on foot and ran onto
Interstate 264, where he was fatally struck by a 2002 Ford pickup truck. He was
pronounced dead at the scene around 11 a.m.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed that ICE
officers were carrying out a “targeted, intelligence-based” operation and that
the passengers were detained for allegedly living in the country without legal
permission. According to the DHS, Castro Rivera "resisted heavily and
fled" before being hit by a passing vehicle.
Castro Rivera had been living in the US for four years and
was sending money back to Honduras to support his family. His devastated
brother, Henry, described him as having "a very good heart" and
expressed his heartbreak, stating, “He didn’t deserve everything that happened
to him.”
Castro Rivera’s family is now planning to raise money to
repatriate his body to Honduras for a funeral, calling his death an
"injustice."
The incident adds to a number of similar, high-profile deaths
that have occurred during immigration operations in recent years, prompting
widespread concern and calls for additional investigations.
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