Substance in Houston ICE shooting van was not drugs, district attorney’s office says testing confirms
Officials said preliminary lab testing showed the substance in the van was not narcotics, undercutting claims that it was methamphetamine.
- Officials confirmed yesterday that the substance found in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's van tested negative for narcotics, refuting earlier federal claims suggesting the items were methamphetamine packaging.
- Following the July 7 fatal shooting of Salgado Araujo by ICE in Houston, FBI Special Agent David McNeilly wrote in an affidavit that bags found in the van were "consistent with how users of drugs package controlled substances."
- Attorneys for passengers explained the bags contained granulated salt for homemade electrolyte drinks, while passengers Daniel Tirado Pantoja and Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego stated the van had come to a full stop when agents fired.
- Ruby Powers, representing the family, criticized the circulation of unproven claims, saying they "did real damage, diverting attention from what actually matters in this case." The Harris County District Attorney acknowledged notification of the negative test results.
- Conflicting narratives persist as ICE alleged the driver "rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle" and "weaponized his vehicle," while passengers maintain Salgado Araujo had already stopped the van when the officer fired.
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Texas worker shot by ICE didn't have drugs despite FBI claim
Texas officials on Friday said that testing confirmed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was not carrying drugs in his vehicle, striking down the FBI’s initial assessment that there could have been drugs in the construction laborer’s work van when he was killed by immigration agents. Araujo was shot dead in Houston earlier this month after being targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At the time, the Trump administration raised concerns that Arau…
Houston D.A. confirmed the substance found in the van wasn't drugs, and the investigation is still open.
Texas DA says substances found after fatal ICE shooting were not drugs
The substance that investigators discovered in the vehicle of the man fatally shot by immigration agents in Houston earlier this month was determined not to be illegal drugs, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said on Friday. “We can confirm the substance found in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van tested negative for narcotics/ illicit drugs,” the…
Bags in van of ICE victim did not contain drugs, DA’s office says
The small bags found inside the van being driven by an immigrant who was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Houston this month did not contain drugs, the Harris County district attorney’s office has confirmed, contrary to initial statements from the federal government. The post Bags in van of ICE victim did not contain drugs, DA’s office says appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Houston ICE Shooting: Substance in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s Van Was Not a Narcotic, Harris County DA Says - Internewscast Journal
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