Passengers in Texas ICE shooting say officers not in danger, driver was parking when shots fired
Passengers say unmarked ICE vehicles hit the van before the shooting, and experts say the lack of body cameras and sirens raises questions.
- On July 7, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. ICE claims the officer acted in self-defense after being rammed; two passengers maintain agents were never in front of the vehicle.
- According to Assistant Attorney General Aaron Reitz, federal officers were investigating two Guatemalan men in a similar vehicle when the pursuit began. Court filings show Salgado Araujo and his passengers had no criminal records.
- Passengers wrote in court filings that agents "suddenly cornered us" and fired while the van was stopped. Agents lacked body cameras, and experts noted vehicle damage patterns suggest officers were not in harm's way.
- Three witnesses are held in immigration detention, filing habeas corpus petitions for release. A federal judge on Monday barred the government from deporting them or transferring them outside the region without court approval.
- This shooting, one of at least 10 during recent enforcement operations, has sparked protests and renewed scrutiny of ICE's use of unmarked vehicles. Border czar Tom Homan said he wants body cameras for all officers "as soon as possible.
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Two sons of a man shot by immigration officers in Houston this month testified at a congressional hearing Friday, describing the horror and confusion of learning their father had been killed, and demanding a transparent investigation into how he died and why. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed July 7, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers chased his white work van through the streets, then shot him through the window in front of his w…
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Democratic Congressman Adriano Espaillat of New York, who’s Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, joined Wolf Blitzer in The Situation Room ahead of Congressional field hearings in Houston on the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. The 52-year-old Mexican national was shot and killed by an ICE agent during a July 7 traffic stop in Houston. Federal officials say the agent fired in self-defense. Men who were with Salgado Araujo’s dispute ICE’s …
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