ICE Agent Fatally Shoots Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez During Operation Midway Blitz

During Operation Midway Blitz, an ICE agent shot and killed 38-year-old Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant and father of two, in Franklin Park, Illinois. DHS claimed Villegas-Gonzalez tried to use his car to drive into agents during an attempted detention. The killing drew parallels to the January 2026 shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge, which also involved disputed claims about vehicle use. The incident escalated tensions around the aggressive immigration enforcement tactics being deployed in the Chicago area.