Los Angeles Protesters Denounce 2 Fatal ICE Shootings as Agency Halts Vehicle Targets
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Updated · NBC Los Angeles · Jul 15
Los Angeles Protesters Denounce 2 Fatal ICE Shootings as Agency Halts Vehicle Targets
3 articles · Updated · NBC Los Angeles · Jul 15
Summary
Dozens of demonstrators gathered at Placita Olvera in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, demanding accountability for two fatal ICE shootings that occurred less than a week apart.
The protests focused on the July 7 killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a Houston traffic stop and the July 13 shooting of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine.
Both shootings involved officers who were not wearing body cameras, adding to protesters' calls for justice and scrutiny of ICE practices.
ICE had recently raised arrest pressure to 2,000 detentions a day, NBC News sources said, though DHS has since temporarily told officers to stop targeting people in their vehicles.
The backlash lands as President Donald Trump pushes a broader ramp-up in U.S. immigration enforcement, putting ICE tactics under sharper public focus.