Lawyer says substance found after fatal Houston ICE shooting was salt
Harris County prosecutors say the material found in the van appears to be granulated salt, not drugs, as investigators review the fatal ICE shooting.
- Attorney Ruby Powers stated Thursday that the white substance found in the van where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE agent on July 7 is likely salt, contradicting FBI assertions the material could be methamphetamine.
- On July 7, federal agents engaged in a targeted enforcement operation in Houston, attempting to stop Salgado Araujo's van carrying three passengers during what officials described as an immigration enforcement action.
- FBI Special Agent David McNielly alleged in a warrant affidavit that the substance was consistent with methamphetamine, yet District Attorney Sean Teare said Thursday he believes the material was not drugs.
- Teare expressed concern that federal authorities might use the substance allegations to deport the three surviving passengers, prompting his office to certify them as material witnesses in the death investigation.
- Powers explained the salt is mixed with lemon and water as a homemade electrolyte drink used by construction workers in extreme Texas heat. Salgado Araujo was one of two people fatally shot by federal officers this month.
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Attorney in ICE Fatal Shooting Case Tells CNN Alleged Drugs Are 'Salt'
An unsealed search warrant revealed the FBI accused Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the father of three shot to death by an ICE agent in Texas last week, of having bags of what appeared to be drugs in the van at the time of his death. While speaking to attorney Ruby L. Powers, who represents Salgado Araujo’s brother, CNN’s Chief National Correspondent John King said that the substance was allegedly “a homemade electrolyte mix.” Salgado Araujo and his br…
ICE tried to justify killing Texas man by claiming they found 'suspicious white crystal-like substance' in his car. It was salt
Federal immigration agents tried to justify the fatal shooting of a Texas construction worker last week by claiming they had discovered a suspicious “white crystal-like substance” in his vehicle. According to local prosecutors, it turned out to be nothing more than salt. The revelation has intensified scrutiny over the July 7 shooting in Houston, where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents opened fire on a work van, killing 30-ye…
Houston. The family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the Mexican who was murdered last week by an immigration agent in Houston, Texas, held a public vigil last night in response to the surge of support they have received in the midst of renewed criticism of the practices of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE).
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