Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday condemned the death of a Mexican immigrant shot dead by an ICE officer last week in west suburban Franklin Park.

Sheinbaum is also requesting information from the U.S. government and demanding a thorough investigation into the death of Silverio Villegas González, according to the Associated Press. The 38-year-old father and cook from Michoacán, Mexico, was shot by an ICE officer Friday after the agency said Villegas González tried to flee a traffic stop.

ICE said in a statement last week that an officer was hit by the car Villegas González was driving and “dragged a significant distance.”

“Fearing for his own life, the officer fired his weapon,” the statement released Friday said. “The target of the enforcement operation was Silverio Vill

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