DHS: Man killed by ICE in Houston not target of operation
The Department of Homeland Security says Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican man who had been living in the U.S. for decades, was not the intended focus of an immigration enforcement operation when he was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Houston on Tuesday.
A DHS official told PBS News Hour that “officers were almost at the target’s address when they observed a white van with an individual who resembled the target.”
Federal officials claim an officer then fired in self-defense after Salgado Araujo “weaponized his vehicle,” but they have not provided evidence to support that claim.
A lawyer for three men who were also in the car is demanding an independent investigation.
“The agency’s versions of the killings have varied,” Hugo Balderas-Ibarra, the attorney representing the men, said. “My clients’ versions of the events are extremely different from what ICE agents are saying or what the agency is saying.”
Federal officials have not yet released the name of the officer who opened fire.
The case has reignited public concerns about the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown and the tactics of ICE officers.
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