Julio Paredes died July 24 after attending a fair in Durango, Mexico, according to Maria Aguilar, a community organizer who worked with Paredes in North Texas.
An immigration lawyer from Arlington, known for his commitment to his community and vulnerable individuals in need, died last month in his hometown in Mexico.
Originally from Durango, Mexico, Julio Paredes, 50, was a man of passion for justice and advocacy, his friends and family say.Paredes died July 27 after attending a fair in Durango, Mexico, according to Maria Aguilar, a community organizer who worked with Paredes in North Texas.The incident happened during a fight in the parking lot of the fair where he was allegedly run over by Jahaziel Adonay, according to El Sol de Durango, a local media outlet.
“When I started law school, I was struck by the amazing amount of dedicated, smart and caring people that were in my class. One of them was Julio Paredes,” said Laura Strain, a law school classmate, in a Facebook post.Facebook posts moved the Mexican community to action, including notable figures like Emma Coronel, the wife of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a former drug lord within the Sinaloa Cartel. She shared posts on her Instagram account, amplifying the tag #justiciaparajulio.
The social media movement started by Paredes’ oldest daughter with the hashtag #justiciaparajulio has garnered thousands of comments and reactions across social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram andTikTok.After moving to Texas, Paredes earned his accounting degree from the University of Texas at Arlington, which he leveraged to establish his own tax business in North Texas.
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