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Autopsy in ICE Shooting of Silverio Villegas González Rules Homicide, Fuels Scrutiny of Agents’ Account

The autopsy’s findings intensify demands for an independent review.

Overview

  • Cook County’s report lists multiple gunshot wounds and a downward neck-to-chest trajectory, with one bullet lodging in the lower-right chest.
  • The medical examiner notes close-range fire and records low levels of cocaine and apparent drug paraphernalia, findings the family disputes.
  • DHS initially said an agent was dragged a significant distance and seriously injured, while local body-camera video captures the agent calling his injuries “nothing major.”
  • Neither ICE agent wore a body camera, and no public surveillance video has shown the alleged dragging or the shooting.
  • Notes from a county investigator cite an FBI role at the scene, though sources say DHS is handling follow-up, as Illinois officials and Mexico press for a transparent, independent probe.