Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland, leave car running with smashed window

By: Rose Lundy, Josh Keefe

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: January 22, 2026

Words: 803

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Masked agents in police vests detained Juan Sebastian Carvajal-Munoz, a civil engineer from Colombia employed by an engineering consulting company, in Portland on Thursday morning. Carvajal-Munoz earned a master’s degree from the University of Maine, and colleagues said he was in the country on a work visa.

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