Virgilio Aguilar Méndez will be released from prison after being imprisoned for eight months, although it is not yet clear when. The Guatemalan immigrant was accused of the "natural" death of the police officer who arrested him at the end of May 2023.
The 19-year-old – of indigenous origin who speaks neither English nor Spanish, but a variation of Mayan known as Mam – was detained outside a hotel in St. Augustine, Florida. At the moment, Aguilar remains in federal custody and faces a deportation order.