Even with three eyewitness accounts that contradict its story, the agency is using a self-defense justification for the fatal
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Advocates are demanding that the Department of Homeland Security release bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican immigrant who was killed by ICE officers in Houston during a traffic stop earlier this week.
Key facts
- Though Latin Americans make up approximately 66 percent of the region’s undocumented population, more than 93 percent of people DHS agents grabbed off city streets were Latinos
- Juan Proaño, the CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens, told The New Republic that DHS is pressuring the witnesses to self-deport
- Released after the shooting, DHS said agents stopped Salgado Araujo “as part of a targeted enforcement operation
- Earlier this month, ICE reported it had arrested 10,000 people in five days
Summary
Even with three eyewitness accounts that contradict its story, the agency is using a self-defense justification for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Two competing narratives have emerged in the absence of any footage of the shooting, which occurred Tuesday around 7AM as Salgado Araujo, who owned a construction business, drove to a work site with three of his employees. But what good is video footage or eyewitness accounts in a world where the government will deny accountability, even when confronted with evidence that clearly contradicts their statements? An ICE spokesperson said Salgado Araujo “weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer”, which echoes claims DHS has made after other shootings, some of them fatal.