Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez funeral: Family honor man killed in ICE shooting in Franklin Park, Illinois in Michoacán, Mexico
In Mexico, a community laid to rest the man shot and killed by an ICE agent during a traffic stop in Franklin Park.
Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, 38, was shot and killed on September 12 after allegedly dragging a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with his car.
Two weeks after the deadly shooting, family and friends of bid him a final farewell in a small Mexican town.
Family said Villegas-Gonzalez left Irimbo, in Mexico's Michoacan state, for the United States 18 years ago.
On Friday, a somber procession followed his coffin to a funeral mass.
He was also honored in the town's main square before finally being laid to rest.
Last week, ABC7 has obtained body camera video of Franklin Park police responding to the deadly shooting.
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In a response to ABC7, DHS said the officer who fired his weapon has been an ICE officer since 2021, and was the first time he fired his weapon in a use-of-force incident.
