Overview

• Local body-worn camera footage shows an ICE agent describing a scraped knee and hand cuts as “nothing major” and appearing to give a thumbs-up minutes after the Sept. 12 shooting of Silverio Villegas González.
• DHS had said the agent was seriously injured and dragged a significant distance before firing while fearing for his life, a depiction now at odds with details captured by responding Franklin Park officers.
• The ICE agents were not wearing federal body cameras, leaving local police footage and partial business video as the only public visuals, and officials on scene questioned which agency would lead the investigation.
• The Cook County medical examiner ruled Villegas González died of multiple gunshot wounds, and DHS said the shooter has served with ICE since 2021 and had never previously fired his weapon in a use-of-force incident.
• Illinois leaders and Mexican officials renewed calls for a full, transparent probe as Operation Midway Blitz heightens immigration enforcement in the Chicago area, with the FBI’s role in the review not clearly defined.