Prosecutor will take Houston ICE shooting case to grand jury

Sean Teare said feds still aren’t cooperating with his investigation. A separate federal filing claims DPS provided the tip ICE agents were pursuing.

by Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica August 29, 2026August 29, 2026

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said Friday that federal officials have not provided his office any information about the fatal shooting last month of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by immigration officers in Houston, so he plans to take the evidence his office has collected so far to a grand jury in the “next few weeks,” […]

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U.S. attorney confirms FBI tests didn’t find meth in van driven by man fatally shot by ICE in Houston

Aaron Reitz did not reveal what FBI testing found in bags taken from Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van after his July 7 shooting death. Other men in the van said the bags contained salt.

by Alejandro Santos Cid, The Texas Tribune August 13, 2026August 13, 2026

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Substance found in van after Houston ICE shooting wasn’t drugs, DA and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia say

The FBI suggested plastic bags in the van contained methamphetamine. The agency hasn’t released official test results.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

People march to protest the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on July 8, 2026, in Houston.

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Judge blocks feds from deporting witness to Houston ICE shooting

The order applies to one of the three passengers in the van Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving when he was fatally shot by ICE. Lawyers are seeking the men’s release from detention.

by Uriel J García and Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune July 21, 2026July 21, 2026

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FBI suggests migrants’ van in fatal Houston shooting had meth. A lawyer says it was salt.

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, whose office is running an investigation into the shooting, also expressed doubt that there were drugs in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van.

by Uriel J García and Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune July 17, 2026July 17, 2026

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Houston ICE shooting strains already tense relations between U.S., Mexico

Mexico’s president said her government will file complaints and lawsuits over 17 deaths related to U.S. immigration enforcement.

by Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune July 14, 2026July 14, 2026

Vivek Venkatraman leads marchers during a protest on July 11, 2026 in Houston. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an immigration officer Tuesday.

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Houston protesters call on feds to release more information, and witnesses, to Tuesday’s ICE killing

Protesters demanded feds release footage of the shooting and the three men who were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo before he was killed.

by Colleen DeGuzman, Stephen Simpson and Alejandro Santos Cid, The Texas Tribune July 12, 2026July 12, 2026

Immigration agents are arresting more migrants on the streets of cities like Houston, an analysis of federal data shows.

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Fatal Houston ICE shooting follows agency’s increased focus on street arrests

The risk of violent encounters rises when immigration enforcement shifts from picking up suspected criminals in jail to arresting people on the streets, experts say.

by Alex Nguyen, Colleen DeGuzman and Alex Ford, The Texas Tribune July 11, 2026July 11, 2026

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Days after fatal ICE shooting, Texas GOP leaders remain silent about calls for independent probes

Almost none of the state’s major Republican officials have weighed in on the killing of a Houston man by federal agents, and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston said she had not spoken with Gov. Greg Abbott.

by Alejandro Serrano and Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune July 10, 2026July 10, 2026

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Houston ICE shooting witnesses claim driver didn’t try to ram agents, report says

The other men in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo told their lawyer that agents fired into the vehicle unprovoked, according to the Washington Post.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune July 10, 2026July 10, 2026

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Immigrant killed by ICE was not target of operation, Congress member says

U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston said ICE’s acting director told her that agents were not wearing body cameras and promised that they would start soon.

by Uriel J García and Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune July 10, 2026July 10, 2026

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Son of man shot by ICE agent in Houston: ‘My father did not deserve this’

Ronaldo Salgado says his hard-working father lived in the U.S. for 35 years. Civil rights groups want an independent probe after ICE claimed the man tried to ‘ram’ an officer with his vehicle.

by Stephanie Koithan July 8, 2026July 9, 2026