Migrant Accused Of Murdering Police Sergeant

A nineteen-year-old illegal immigrant from Guatemala was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention in May 2023 following charges of aggravated homicide of an officer during a confrontation involving multiple law enforcement personnel in Florida.
Virgilio Aguilar Mendez’s actions lead to St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Michael Kunovich’s death.
Initially, Kunovich contacted Aguilar Mendez in response to “suspicious behavior.” Even the Spanish-speaking officers were hot on his trail as he tried to flee from the deputy. While the deputies wrestled and tased the migrant to the ground, he snagged a little pocketknife. The migrant’s attorneys are using Bodycam footage of the altercation captured by the police officers to prove their client’s linguistic and comprehension issues.