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Videos Shed Light on Pursuit Before ICE Killing in Houston
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Immigration officers were trailing a white work van in Houston's Magnolia Park neighborhood early Tuesday morning when the driver, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, was fatally shot.
- ICE stated a federal officer fired in self-defense after Mr. Salgado Araujo allegedly weaponized his van, ramming two ICE vehicles and attempting to run over an officer.
- Mr. Salgado Araujo, a Mexican immigrant living in the U.S. without authorization for 35 years, and the three passengers in his van were not the original targets of the ICE operation.
- Bystander and local business footage captured parts of the incident on Canal Street, offering insight into the unfolding events.
