Who Killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo?
A death during an ICE traffic stop raises outrage in Houston—and in Mexico.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old man who had lived in Texas for over three decades, was fatally shot by an ICE agent on July 7th in Houston. Salgado, who worked in construction, had been living in the United States for many years and had a reputation for building homes in Houston. He had been applying for a work permit when Donald Trump promised to carry out the largest deportation operation in the country's history.
On the morning Salgado left for work, his wife, fearing for his safety, learned that ICE had been in the area and rushed to his job site to find him. Salgado's van was found but he was not, and ICE agents were seen surrounding a prone man, yelling, "They shot me!" His family later learned that Salgado had been shot in the stomach by an ICE agent while being restrained on the ground.
Despite this, ICE claimed that Salgado had attacked the agent and tried to run him over with his van, even though there was no body-camera footage to support these claims. The case drew attention from local officials and the press, and ICE later admitted that they had been investigating the wrong vehicle. Salgado's family believes that the incident was a result of a mix-up, and that Salgado was shot due to a misunderstanding.
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