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The partner of Johan Guerrero, who was killed by an immigration agent this week, described him as a tireless worker and doting father who would do anything for his 3-year-old daughter.
By Jenna RussellJorge Valencia and Murray Carpenter
Jorge Valencia reported from Bucaramanga, Colombia, and Murray Carpenter from Biddeford, Maine.
July 16, 2026
The partner of the Colombian immigrant who was fatally shot by an immigration agent in Maine this week urged people not to remember him for the way he died but rather for his unyielding desire to build a good life for his family.
In her first public comments since the shooting on Monday, Karolina Rojas recalled Johan Guerrero, 25, as a tireless worker “who couldn’t stand sitting still,” an adoring partner who treated her like a queen, and a father whose greatest joy was his 3-year-old daughter.
“From the moment he learned he would have a little princess, everything in him changed,” Ms. Rojas told reporters at a news conference on Thursday at a hotel in Biddeford, Maine, tearfully reading from a statement as an interpreter translated.
“He always said that little girl will never lack for anything, and that’s how it was,” she continued softly in Spanish. “From the moment he held her in his arms and held her tiny hand, he never let her go. He always worked so that his gordita, as he called her, would never go without.”
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Investigators have not released details of the shooting in Biddeford. But a spokesman for Senator Angus King said this week that the senator had been told by senior officials that Mr. Guerrero was not the intended target of the immigration operation. Mr. Guerrero was in his car just after 7 a.m., as he headed to work.
