Mexico to Request Criminal Charges over Deaths Following Fatal Shooting of Houston Man by ICE Agents
Mexico will seek U.S. criminal charges and civil lawsuits after 17 nationals died in ICE custody or enforcement operations, officials said.
- On Thursday, Mexico's government announced plans to file criminal complaints in the United States regarding 17 Mexican citizens who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during anti-immigration operations.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum authorized the escalation after an ICE agent shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, in Houston on Tuesday; the department claims the agent fired in self-defense.
- Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco reported 14 Mexican nationals died in custody and three during operations, stating Mexico will "move beyond the diplomatic sphere" to pursue criminal investigations.
- The government will launch civil lawsuits against private detention center operators to end human rights violations, as Sheinbaum stated Mexico cannot remain silent "in the face of the deaths of Mexicans."
- This legal shift intensifies tensions with President Donald Trump's administration, representing a departure from Mexico's prior diplomatic notes and complaints lodged with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
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Seventeen Mexicans have died in these detention centres or during immigration police operations since Donald Trump's return.
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The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Thursday (9) that she intends to enter with a criminal action in the United States Justice to hold those involved in human rights violations and deaths of Mexican immigrants in state custody or in operations directed at foreigners in the country. In the United States, 14 Mexican citizens died in custody of ICE (Immigration and Customs Agency of the United States) and three others in prison oper…
Mexico City, Jul 9 (EFE).- Mexico's Foreign Minister, Roberto Velasco, announced Thursday that the country will file complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice following the recent death of a Mexican in a migration operation in Texas, as well as the 14 cases of deaths in immigration and customs control (ICE) detention centers.
The Toronto Star
Mexico to request criminal charges over deaths following fatal shooting of Houston man by ICE agents
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico will request criminal charges over 17 Mexicans who died in ICE custody or during immigration enforcement operations by the Trump administration, officials said Thursday.
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