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Victor Salgado Araujo Saw ICE Kill His Brother in Texas — He Is Now Detained, Faces Deportation

2026-07-16 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt After ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, last week, they quickly arrested three witnesses: the other men that the 52-year-old father of three was driving to work. The three men, including Salgado Araujo's younger brother Victor, are now being detained by ICE and threatened with deportation. "There is a Trump militia roaming our streets, our towns, our cities, killing people regardless of immigration status with absolutely no accountability. … They are either not getting training or getting training to shoot directly at people, to murder people, in the streets," says Congressmember Pramila Jayapal, explaining that the three incarcerated witnesses must be protected from deportation for at least as long as they can provide information for the investigations on Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's killing. Victor Salgado Araujo "wants to be accessible as a witness, and it's really hard for him to do that when he's [being detained] 45 minutes away from Houston," says his attorney Ruby Powers. "Being able to be in the United States freely, to be able to give that testimony is what we're asking for." Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@johnstich1765 2026-07-16

Remember you could be next.😢

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@MexSocialist 2026-07-16

Doesnt matter if you are haitian, mexican, columbian, cuban, documented, natural born citizen, undocumented... you are NOT safe from ICE

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@mercedesruiz3356 2026-07-16

En el caso de Lorenzo salgado Araujo hay un aspecto que demuestra como funciona ICE/DHS: ingreso en el hospital como hombre sin identificación. Alguien retuvo su documentacion. Sus familiares tuvieron que someterse a una prueba biométrica para demostrar que era su padre. Y pregunto, ya les han entregado el cuerpo para poder enterrarlo? Todo este caso es una pura demostración de como "actúa" ICE. Deben rendir cuentas ante la Justicia por las muertes de personas inmigrantes legales por la muerte de personas inmigrantes ilegales y por la muerte de ciudadanos norteamericanos.y por todas las muertes de personas estando bajo la custodia de ICE/DHS. Por su falta de ética y por sus tácticas , tanto ellos como todos sus superiores y responsables políticos.

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@Happy-uy5wc 2026-07-16

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

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@nelsona8285 2026-07-16

Did Victor call 911 while his brother was racing up and down streets to tell Houston Police that "Unknown" men were following them? The answer is NO because everyone in that van knew it was ICE and they knew they are illegally in the USA. They were simply escaping arrest rather than complying with law enforcement. FAFO.

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@jimschachtschneider7741 2026-07-16

Trump is insisting these car abductions by ICE must continue. The deaths of immigrants and protestors are considered to be a necessary collateral damage. The deaths are not a really a flaw in the program. To trump and his supporters the deaths are a feature that strikes fear in the immigrant and minority communities and demonstrates that opposition will not be tolerated.🤔🤥

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@AtlasRocks 2026-07-16

Oh, so they were wearing identification; interesting.

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@user-bs8zp1hl7c 2026-07-16

Actions speak louder than words! Shocking, SHAMEFUL, Repulsive that these murders(executions) haven’t caused the American people to stand up -Charge to Stop this Gestapo like government Entity from killing our fellow Americans! it’s true, Americans would have to care, possess the ability to be enraged, even though it does not affect them directly - YET! It’s easier to be a Lazy racist and do nothing and watch our country Go down the toilet! Nice going Americans,how proud you must be of yourselves doing nothing as usual! In the end, your regret will be useless as this will not end well for any American!

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@NettaCrowFly 2026-07-16

Crossing the border without papers is a federal class B misdemeanor. Tearing a dollar bill in half is a federal class B misdemeanor. Think about that. These human beings are being murdered, beaten, kidnapped; neighborhoods invaded by masked, armed thugs kicking in doors, smashing windows, and handcuffing children who are clearly US citizens in the middle of the night in the cold (happened in Chicago this winter), like it's a fucking war over a class B misdemeanor!

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@TY-yp5eg 2026-07-16

These people are cruel p.o.s

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