Houston Launches Probe Into ICE Fatal Shooting of 1 Mexican Man as 3 Witnesses Dispute Account
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 10
Houston Launches Probe Into ICE Fatal Shooting of 1 Mexican Man as 3 Witnesses Dispute Account
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 10
Summary
Houston Mayor John Whitmire said the city will investigate Tuesday’s fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a federal immigration officer rather than wait for an FBI report.
Three witnesses challenged the Department of Homeland Security’s account, saying Araujo did not try to run over an agent before he was shot.
ICE agents had stopped Araujo’s van because they believed a passenger resembled the target of an investigation, but officials said the actual subjects were not in the vehicle.
No video has surfaced, and officials said the agents were not wearing body cameras, leaving the conflicting accounts central to the case.
The shooting has intensified scrutiny of a broader nationwide ramp-up in immigration arrests that has largely unfolded outside public view.