A Houston man is dead; ICE wants to wash its hands of it

This isn’t the first time federal officials have responded to a questionable shooting by saying someone had weaponized a vehicle only to have video evidence counter the claim

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July 14, 2026 - 5:05 PM

Albert Salgado, left, is comforted by his girlfriend at the site where his uncle Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot by an ICE officer in Houston on Friday, July 10, 2026. Photo by (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)

Details about the fatal shooting in Houston of a 52-year-old Mexican national by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are emerging, but even as we learn more, the need for an independent investigation is clear.

Other federal shootings this year by federal immigration agents in Minnesota loom over the Houston shooting, even as another man was killed Monday in a shooting involving ICE in Biddeford, Maine, according to news reports. This administration simply can’t be trusted with its account.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was killed July 7, was a married father of…

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