Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. to Meet Family of Migrant Shot Dead by ICE in Texas - teleSUR English
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Salgado, a construction worker who had lived in the United States for over three decades, died on July 7 at age 56 after being shot by immigration agents. He

(FILE) People attending a protest back in July at Foley Square in New York under the banner "ICE Out: Justice for Lorenzo and Joan." Photo: EFE.

Mexico’s ambassador to the United States, Roberto Lazzeri, will meet this Wednesday with the family of Lorenzo Salgado—a Mexican migrant shot dead by ICE agents during a traffic stop in Houston, Texas—with the meeting scheduled to take place in Texas, where the deceased resided.

Salgado, a construction worker who had lived in the United States for over three decades, died on July 7 at age 56 after being shot by immigration agents. He was a father of three and was in the process of regularizing his immigration status, according to his family.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), under which ICE operates, maintains that Salgado attempted to run over the agents with his vehicle. Witnesses and family members deny this version and are calling for an independent investigation.

The case has generated civil society outrage, alongside the death of Colombian national Joan Sebastián Durán, who died from gunfire by immigration agents in Maine on July 13.

Sheinbaum’s government has filed 20 complaints with state and county prosecutors in the United States over the deaths of 17 Mexican nationals that have occurred since May during operations or while in ICE custody.

ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, right here in Houston and then they detained three of the witnesses, attempting to deport them. The very next week, ICE agents killed Johan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine. This lawlessness cannot continue.

I joined @RepJayapal,…

— Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (@RepFletcher) August 4, 2026

Meanwhile, the number of migrants taken into custody by U.S. authorities during President Donald Trump’s tenure hit its highest point in July, exceeding 50,000 arrests, a high-ranking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official confirmed to a Spanish news agency.

The rise comes as the Republican administration applies pressure to increase migrant apprehensions, aiming for 2,000 daily arrests, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expands its operations—including arrests at airports.

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