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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a man in Houston on Tuesday while officers were trying \u200bto stop his vehicle, the agency said in a statement, in the midst of an escalating federal crackdown on migrants nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The dead man was identified as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, described by ICE as \u200ca Mexican national and “illegal alien” who attempted to evade arrest during a “targeted enforcement operation” by federal immigration officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronaldo Salgado, who identified himself as the son of the slain motorist, told the Spanish-language television station Telemundo Houston that his father was shot while he was seeking workers for hire in the area.
Reuters could not immediately verify the man’s immigration status or the circumstances of the shooting, which occurred shortly before 7 a.m. CDT (1200 GMT).
According to the ICE account of the incident, Salgado “rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle, refused to follow \u200bmultiple verbal commands, and weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer.”
The confrontation resulted in “our officer firing his weapon in self-defense,” striking the driver, who was transported to \u200ba hospital where he died of his injuries, ICE said.
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Video recorded by an onlooker riding past the scene and posted online by KRIV-TV, a Fox affiliate in \u2060Houston, showed two agents crouched over a man lying in the street on the driver’s side of a white van. Two other men are seen on the ground in handcuffs on the other side of the van.
\u200bFEDERAL AGENCIES TO LEAD INVESTIGATION
The deadly confrontation in Houston came amid a recent increase in the number of ICE arrests nationwide, with immigration officers picking up around 2,000 migrants a day last week, according to two people familiar \u200bwith the matter.
At least six people have now been shot and killed by federal immigration officers since January 2025, when U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term and ordered large-scale deportation sweeps.
In several instances over the past year, initial statements from immigration enforcement agencies about their use of force have been challenged by video footage or other evidence, sometimes in court.
In October, a Chicago-area woman, Marimar Martinez, was accused of ramming law enforcement officers with her car. She was shot five times but survived. Charges \u200bagainst her were ultimately dropped and video evidence suggested that the agents could have struck her vehicle themselves.
Trump administration officials also said that two U.S. citizens shot dead by federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis in January, Renee \u200bGood and Alex Pretti, had threatened bodily harm to the agents before they were killed — despite video evidence to the contrary.
In May, a Minnesota prosecutor charged an ICE agent with assaulting a Venezuelan man in a non-fatal shooting in Minneapolis during the same \u200cimmigration crackdown in \u2060which Good and Pretti were killed.
ICE said in its statement on Tuesday that its parent agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, would lead an investigation into the shooting, while the FBI would spearhead an inquiry into the “potential assault on a law enforcement officer.”
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‘HARD-WORKING MAN’
U.S. Representative Sylvia Garcia, a Texas Democrat who represents the neighborhood where the shooting took place, called for a “full and impartial investigation,” adding that “the victim\u2019s family, my constituents, and the entire community deserve a complete and transparent accounting of what happened.”
The call for an independent inquiry was echoed by Roman Palomares, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens: “We have seen a pattern of ICE involvement in shootings and excessive use of \u200bforce,” he told reporters on Tuesday. “Each time a family \u200bis left without answers, and a community is \u2060left in fear.”
Mary Benton, a spokesperson for Houston Mayor John Whitmire, said in a written statement that Tuesday’s incident stemmed from “a federal operation,” and that Houston police “were not involved.” Asked by Reuters if police were investigating the incident, Jodi Silva, a Houston Police Department spokesperson, said, “To my understanding, no.”
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said in a \u200bstatement its prosecutors “will collaborate with federal authorities to ensure a thorough local review of the evidence.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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