Death of Josué Jose Castro-Rivera
Josué Jose Castro-Rivera
1 — struck by vehicle while fleeing traffic stopKilled
Key sources
Josué Jose Castro-Rivera (24, Honduran) died on 2025-10-23 during or as a result of a ICE operation, in Norfolk, Virginia (Interstate 264 at Military Highway interchange). After ICE made a targeted car stop (he was reportedly riding to a gardening job with three others), he fled on foot across I-264 and was struck and killed by a 2002 Ford pickup; an ICE officer performed CPR.
What is known
- Person: Josué Jose Castro-Rivera, age 24; Honduran.
- Date: 2025-10-23.
- Location: Norfolk, Virginia (Interstate 264 at Military Highway interchange).
- Agency: ICE.
- Reported cause: struck by vehicle while fleeing traffic stop.
- Circumstance: After ICE made a targeted car stop (he was reportedly riding to a gardening job with three others), he fled on foot across I-264 and was struck and killed by a 2002 Ford pickup; an ICE officer performed CPR.
- Official account: A senior DHS official called it a "targeted, intelligence-based immigration enforcement operation" and said he resisted and fled; Virginia State Police investigated the crash.
- Status: Reported as at least the second traffic death of someone fleeing ICE since August 2025; no charges against the pickup driver.
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