ICE fatally shot wrong man in Houston; officer lacked body camera

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national living in the U.S. for three decades without legal status, was fatally shot in the abdomen during a mistaken traffic stop; three other men including his brother were detained.

On a July morning in Houston, a man who had spent thirty years quietly building a life in America was killed during a case of mistaken identity — stopped by federal immigration officers who believed he resembled someone else. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who had no criminal record and was reportedly close to obtaining legal status, died from a gunshot wound before the error could be corrected. The officer who fired carried no body camera, and the evidence that might illuminate those final seconds remains largely out of reach. His death arrives at a moment when questions about accountability in fede

ICE fatally shot wrong man in Houston; officer lacked body camera

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