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"They Were Hunting for Latinos": ICE Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston

2026-07-14 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Outcry is continuing over the ICE shooting death of 52-year-old Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in a majority-Latino neighborhood in Houston, Texas, last week. Events pieced together by eyewitness videos and texts sent by the agents involved in Araujo's killing suggest that agents largely ignored Araujo's cries for help after he was shot. "They really just strung him along for hours until finally sending him to the hospital," says Juan Proaño, CEO of LULAC, the largest and oldest Latino civil rights organization in the United States. Houston police have begun investigating the shooting as a homicide, "but my expectation is that their investigation will similarly be hampered by DHS," says Proaño. "I don't believe there will be justice here. There's no way to bring him back." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@A_S_M_R_CH 2026-07-14

No excuses for body cams. That's like showing up to work without pants.

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@lindaorr1028 2026-07-16

Im so ashamed of our country.

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@NashHergonz 2026-07-14

ICE took away all his identification and Lorenzo Araujo was admitted at the hospital as John Doe? Can’t imagine such malevolence and cruelty.

10 1 replies
@cyberhobbit2500 2026-07-14

MURDERED BY ICE. MURDERED.

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@elizabethholliday8636 2026-07-14

No body cameras, no WORK at all!

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@AnitaPerches-gw1es 2026-07-14

My sincere condolences to the Salgado Family. RIP & POWER Sr LORENZO SALGADO ARAUJO

13 1 replies
@ag-th7hu 2026-07-14

So they chased him, ran him off the road, shot him, unprovoked, then let him lay there and bleed out, then took his identification so his family couldn't get to him. WOW, this is beyond cruel, this is evil!

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@clairehelmsley6608 2026-07-14

Amnesty International needs to investigate this killing. And Lorenzo Araujo's in Texas. A full, independent, impartial investigation, that those found responsible may be brought to justice!

62 6 replies
@karenkalweit6018 2026-07-14

Yep, they are going to try to deport the witnesses.

74 6 replies
@meganmcdermott7538 2026-07-14

This kind of violence is the direct result of SCOTUS ruling that racial profiling is ok. Impeach at least 6 justices.

61 15 replies

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