Mexico Files Criminal Complaints in U.S. Over 17 Migrant Deaths
Mexico says prior diplomatic protests failed and is asking U.S. prosecutors to investigate possible homicides and rights violations in 17 migrant deaths.
- On Tuesday, the Mexican Foreign Ministry formally requested that U.S. state attorneys general criminally investigate the deaths of 17 Mexican migrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during enforcement operations.
- This escalation follows the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old construction worker shot by an ICE agent in Houston last Tuesday while driving his crew to a job site. Salgado Araujo had lived in the U.S. for 35 years with no criminal record.
- Since President Donald Trump's second term began, 17 Mexican migrants have died during immigration enforcement—14 in ICE custody and three during agency operations. Mexico is sending cease-and-desist letters to detention centers like Adelanto, California, demanding they "immediately cease the actions or omissions that resulted in these deaths."
- Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco also requested that U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk analyze whether the deaths align with international human rights obligations. The letters represent a first step toward "the eventual filing of civil lawsuits" against detention center operators.
- The Department of Homeland Security claims the agent fired in self-defense after Salgado Araujo allegedly rammed an ICE vehicle, though witnesses dispute this account. Meanwhile, the United States is not legally obliged to act on Mexico's criminal investigation requests.
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