Mexico to request criminal charges over deaths following fatal shooting of Houston man by ICE agents
- On Thursday, Mexico's government announced plans to file criminal complaints in the United States regarding 17 Mexican citizens who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during anti-immigration operations.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum authorized the escalation after an ICE agent shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, in Houston on Tuesday; the department claims the agent fired in self-defense.
- Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco reported 14 Mexican nationals died in custody and three during operations, stating Mexico will "move beyond the diplomatic sphere" to pursue criminal investigations.
- The government will launch civil lawsuits against private detention center operators to end human rights violations, as Sheinbaum stated Mexico cannot remain silent "in the face of the deaths of Mexicans."
- This legal shift intensifies tensions with President Donald Trump's administration, representing a departure from Mexico's prior diplomatic notes and complaints lodged with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
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Mexico files criminal complains in US over migrant deaths in custody
MEXICO CITY, July 13 (Reuters) – Mexico has begun filing criminal complaints with state prosecutors in the United States over the deaths of its citizens in U.S. immigration custody and during enforcement operations, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Mexico’s government has also sent cease-and-desist letters to U.S. detention centers were Mexican nationals have died, the ministry added in a statement. (Reporting by Aida Pe…
Mexico City, 13 Jul (EFE).- The Government of Mexico will present Monday complaints to the U.S. Department of Justice and state prosecutors for the death of 17 Mexicans in that country at the hands of immigration authorities, said President Claudia Sheinbaum, in a further escalation of the actions undertaken by her administration in the face of alleged violations of the human rights of migrants. "Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will presen…
Mexico to seek charges over deaths in ICE custody
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said July 9 that her government plans to seek criminal complaints in the United States over the deaths of Mexican citizens while in immigration custody or during anti-immigration operations. Since President Donald Trump launched the current immigration crackdown, at least 14 Mexican nationals have died in the custody of US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), and three more have reportedly died in arrests …
The Mexican Foreign Ministry announced that it will take to state prosecutors and the U.S. Department of Justice the cases of 17 Mexicans killed in custody or ICE operatives since 2025.
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