Houston Mourns Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Calls for Justice After ICE Shooting
Hundreds attended a four-hour visitation as Harris County investigators seek evidence and the Texas Rangers and federal authorities continue separate probes.
- On Thursday, hundreds of mourners gathered at Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home in Houston for the visitation of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old father of three fatally shot by an ICE agent on July 7.
- Salgado Araujo, originally from Mexico and a 35-year Houston resident, was killed while traveling to work; ICE agents alleged he 'weaponized his vehicle,' a claim disputed by his brother Victor Salgado Araujo and other passengers in the van.
- Attendee Lupe Ochoa, who knew Salgado Araujo's son Ronaldo from high school, said it was 'so weird seeing somebody that I knew since middle school just speaking out because his father got killed for looking like somebody.'
- Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare vowed to hold officials accountable, yet the Department of Homeland Security reversed plans to halt traffic stops after President Trump wrote that ICE 'CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.'s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP.'
- Community activists Elmer Romero of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and Teodoro Aguiluz of CRECEN criticized Trump administration enforcement tactics for the 'violence, the death it has brought to our brothers, not just Lorenzo,' while former Houston City Council Member Letitia Plummer demanded local government action on ICE operations.
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Representatives of organizations for the rights of migrants demanded that the United Nations (UN) follow up on the cases of nationals who lost their lives during operations of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) and determine whether there were serious human rights violations. Activist Mario Campos Roja said that the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, on July 7, has caused thousands of nationals in the United States to feel terrified…
‘That’s my hero’: Houstonians remember Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at funeral, days after ICE shooting
Hundreds of people attended the public visitation for Salgado Araujo, whose killing has galvanized much of Houston’s Latino community and prompted national questions over ICE’s use of force.
At a Houston funeral home, a community comes together to pay respects to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune July 16, 2026 HOUSTON — Two of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s sons received a steady stream of hugs, handshakes and besos Thursday evening from hundreds of people they’ve never met, who came to a funeral home in the city’s east side to grieve him as one of their own. At…
Report from Houston: Family of ICE Shooting Victim Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Holds Public Viewing
Hundreds of community members gathered in Houston on Thursday evening for a public viewing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican man shot and killed by an ICE agent on July 7. His sons stood by their father’s casket for hours greeting mourners who wore blue, Salgado Araujo’s favorite color. A mariachi band played, and several altars adorned the chapel: One table held Salgado Araujo’s construction tools and hard hats, while another displayed two of his Mexico soccer jerseys. Photos
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