Overview
- Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and later died after an ICE vehicle stop in Houston on July 7, and the Harris County medical examiner ruled his death a homicide from a gunshot to the torso.
- DHS officials say agents stopped Salgado because he resembled a target from an earlier surveillance effort and that he was not the intended arrestee.
- ICE initially said an officer fired in self‑defense after the driver 'weaponized' his van but multiple passengers and their lawyer say the van never struck agents and that shots came from the side, not the front.
- Federal officials confirmed the officers involved were not wearing body‑worn or dash cameras and investigators have not released any video, while the three passengers who witnessed the shooting remain held at the Montgomery Processing Center and report pressure to self‑deport.
- The FBI is the lead investigator, DHS’s Office of Inspector General is probing the case, the Harris County district attorney is reviewing it, and lawmakers, protesters and Mexico’s government are demanding an independent, transparent accounting.