Mexico Requests Probe Into Fatal ICE Shooting in Chicago

The Mexican government requested a “rigorous investigation” into the death of man in a Chicago suburb who was shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Friday after allegedly trying to flee arrest.

Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs filed the request through its general consulate in the US city, which confirmed on Friday that the deceased was a 38-year-old Mexican national named Silverio Villegas, who worked as a cook.

A tow truck driver removes a vehicle involved in a shooting in Franklin Park, Illinois on Sept. 12.

Photographer: Talia Sprague/Bloomberg

“The consulate’s staff has been in contact with the relatives of Mr. Villegas to provide the legal counsel and support they require,” Mexico’s foreign ministry wrote in an ...