Emails Renew Scrutiny of ICE Agent in Fatal Maine Shooting

Emails from 2021 provided by Elizabeth Emen show her brother, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent David Brouillette, disparaging her Colombian partner, who was living legally in the United States. The correspondence has drawn renewed scrutiny of Brouillette after he fatally shot Colombian national Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero during an immigration operation in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13. The shooting remains under investigation, and the reporting does not establish a connection between the emails and the shooting.

Emen gave the emails to the New York Times, which reported that Brouillette criticized her relationship with her partner, with whom she has two children. In one message, he wrote that the man should take his “non citizen ass back to his country and enjoy his third world luxuries.” The Times reported that Emen said the emails reflected Brouillette’s views about people born outside the United States. Brouillette declined to speak to the newspaper.

The Department of Homeland Security said agents were trying to stop a vehicle after it left a residence and that an officer fired because he feared for public safety. The family’s lawyer has said Durán Guerrero...