An 18-year-old Maine resident just blew a hole in the media's latest anti-enforcement narrative, confirming that an ICE agent issued repeated warnings before shooting a driver who tried to run him down—and the establishment press can't be bothered to report it.
Why it matters: Every time federal agents use force at the border or inside the country, the same playbook activates—claims of agent misconduct, protests, and demands to dismantle enforcement. When eyewitness testimony demolishes that framing, outlets like the Hartford Courant simply omit it, leaving working Americans with a distorted picture of what happened and who's at fault.
Here's what happened Monday in Biddeford, Maine. ICE agents were conducting surveillance on the last known address of an illegal alien with a final order of removal, according to the Department of Homeland Security. A vehicle left the residence. When agents attempted a stop, DHS says the driver tried to flee and an officer discharged his weapon, fearing for public safety.
The driver killed was 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero of Colombia. DHS confirmed he was not the original target of the operation. Immigrant rights groups claimed Guerrero was authorized to work in the U.S.
Then the narrative split. The Gateway Pundit reported that Lucas Scott, an 18-year-old Wells resident who was driving nearby, told the Press Herald he saw flashing blue lights on the unmarked cars and assumed they were ICE. "And then you could see them with their green vests and stuff, and it said police, ICE," Scott said. Crucially, Scott continued: "The ICE agent was yelling and drew his weapon, and he kept yelling and yelling and warning the person driving, which is when the car was put into drive and was trying to hit the ICE officer, and he fired, I would say, probably four shots at him."
That's multiple warnings. That's a vehicle used as a weapon. That's a direct eyewitness confirming the DHS account.
The Hartford Courant's AP writeup? It doesn't mention Lucas Scott at all. Instead, the Courant led with immigrant rights groups "demanding answers" and framed the shooting as part of a pattern of deadly force under Trump's crackdown. The Courant highlighted a security video showing the vehicle moving at "a modest speed" and making "slow circles" before the shooting. It quoted resident Daniel Boucher, who said he heard the shots and saw the aftermath, and claimed the victim said, "I tried to stop." Boucher also said the shooting agent told him, "He tried to run me over, or something to that effect."
The Courant noted the officers lacked body cameras—a legitimate factual concern—and that the Maine attorney general's office said initial statements suggest the motorist was trying to flee "in the direction of the agent." But by omitting Scott's corroborating testimony entirely, the Courant let the reader assume no witness backed the government's account.
That's not reporting. That's curation for a preferred conclusion.
Sen. Angus King said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told him the officer opened fire after the driver tried to use his vehicle as a weapon. Republican Sen. Susan Collins confirmed DHS's inspector general and the FBI are investigating.
The open question: How many more times will eyewitness accounts that contradict the open-borders narrative get memory-holed while Americans are fed half the story?
