Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers

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Source: Washington Post

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Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers

Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security's account of the fatal shooting.

July 10, 2026 at 12:59 a.m. EDT Today at 12:59 a.m. EDT


Police tape cordons off the street in Houston where the fatal shooting took place. (Jacob Lujan/Houston Chronicle/AP)

By Arelis R. Hernndez
HOUSTON -- The three men who were arrested during an immigration operation that resulted in the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo said a federal officer fired at them almost immediately after exiting his vehicle and that at no point did the driver veer in his direction.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/10/migrants-who-saw-man-killed-by-ice-houston-say-he-did-not-ram-officers/

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By Arelis R. Hernández
Arelis Hernández is a Texas-based correspondent covering immigration and roving the U.S. southern border.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/arelis-r-hernandez/

[Whip-poor-will]

1. Exterminated

Trump said he was eliminating illegal human beings ,why act surprised..

Keep your head down and stay quiet and it will stop

[KS Toronado]

3. These killings won't stop until repugs are out of office.

[MLWR]

2. "Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers"

Of course, he didn't. The thugs and gangsters who make up the ranks of ICE lie, just like their orange overlord does.

[DrFunkenstein]

4. The Three Men Told The Same Story Despite Being Separated

Balderas-Ibarra spoke to Rojas, Daniel Tirado Pantoja, 43, and the shooting victim’s brother, Victor Salgado, 44, and said he heard the same story from each as he interviewed them separately. The men are not being housed together, the attorney said.

These men were held at gunpoint with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's blood splattered on them and separated from each other. There's no way these stories are coordinated in such detail. This is stone cold evidence of murder.

[moniss]

5. DHS telling more lies. nt

[orangecrush]

6. Summary extrajudicial executions

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Same playbook as Renee Good.

[sop]

8. The three men will be quickly deported.

[70sEraVet]

9. My first thought, too.

[LudwigPastorius]

10. Of course he didn't.

Photos of the van after the shooting show absolutely no damage to the front end.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. GFM for the Family:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-52-years-old

On the morning of July 7, 2026, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was taken from the people who loved him most. He was 52 years old. He was a husband, a father of three sons, a small business owner, and the heart of his family. This fund exists to carry his family through the impossible days ahead, and to let them grieve without the added weight of how they will get by.

Lorenzo built his life the honest way: with early mornings, long hours, and his own two hands. He ran his own construction business, building, with real work and real skill, the kind of life he wanted for his family. He was known for his work ethic, his fairness, and his willingness to help anyone who needed it. When people describe him, the first words are always the same, hardworking, dependable, kind. He was the kind of man who showed up: for his family, for his friends, for his neighbors, and on every job he ever took.

At the center of his world was his wife. Lorenzo and wife met when they were just teenagers and had been together ever since, building a life, a home, and a family side by side over 35 years in the United States together. Theirs was the kind of partnership people hope for their whole lives. Now his wife faces a future she never imagined, without the person she has loved since she was young.

Above everything, Lorenzo was a devoted father to his three sons. He worked as hard as he did so that his boys could have more than he had, so that their futures could be brighter than his own beginnings. Everything he built, he built for them. Now three young men must go forward without their father, and their mother must find a way to hold their family together.
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[purr-rat beauty]

12. ICE LIE

LICE

I'm sorry but if "Federal agents" are killing immigrants and civilians alike and lying about the circumstances, there should be hell to pay

That is a slippery fucking slope and we're sliding fast.

[pat_k]

13. Of course he didn't