Documents Show ICE Shooting Lawyer Faced 2024 Abuse Charge, Was on $20,000 Bond
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 15
Documents Show ICE Shooting Lawyer Faced 2024 Abuse Charge, Was on $20,000 Bond
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 15
Summary
$20,000 bond records show Houston immigration lawyer Hugo Balderas-Ibarra—who represents two passengers in last week's fatal ICE shooting—was out on bail on a 2024 felony family-violence charge.
Harris County court documents say he grabbed a dating partner by the neck at an airport, squeezed harder as others approached, and left her unable to breathe; investigators photographed redness and swelling.
A separate bond motion says Balderas-Ibarra was already on bail at the time for another case in Florida involving domestic violence, kidnapping and false imprisonment.
Balderas-Ibarra had publicly accused ICE of lying and racial profiling after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot in Houston, while ICE says Salgado tried to ram an officer during a traffic stop.
The State Bar of Texas lists him as eligible to practice under a probationary license, and Fox News said it sought comment from Balderas-Ibarra and officials who appeared with him at the press conference.