US Attorney Confirms No Meth Was Found in Van of Texas Man Shot by Immigration Officers
The F.B.I. found no narcotics in Salgado’s van after publicizing a search warrant that cited suspected white crystal-like substance.
- On Thursday, U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz confirmed FBI testing found no methamphetamine in bags recovered from the van of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on July 7.
- Following the July 7 shooting, ICE alleged Salgado Araujo "weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over" an officer, though witnesses disputed this, stating ICE vehicles struck them from behind and the side.
- Attorneys identified the substance as homemade electrolyte mix for hydration, while ACLU of Texas attorney David Donatti called publicizing the warrant part of a government attempt to create a "false narrative."
- Witnesses Jos Trinidad Rojas Pliego and Daniel Tirado Pantoja remain in detention, while University of South Carolina professor Seth Stoughton noted agencies often "slow-walk" info to avoid negative perception.
- Amid a mass deportation campaign by President Donald Trump, Salgado's death is one of at least 10 during immigration enforcement operations, prompting Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, to call for an independent investigation.
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Houston. Analysis of “a white and crystalline substance” located inside the truck of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican who was shot last month by agents of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) in Houston, threw out that it was not methamphetamine, Federal prosecutor Aaron Reitz reported yesterday.
U.S. Attorney Confirms No Meth Was Found In Van Of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, The Texas Man Fatally Shot By ICE
A federal prosecutor says tests on a substance found in the van of a man shot by immigration officers in Texas last month showed it was not methamphetamine.
No Meth Found in Van of Texas Man Killed by ICE
HOUSTON, Texas — Federal testing found no methamphetamine in the van of a Houston homebuilder fatally shot by immigration officers last month, undermining a suspicion the government publicly raised after the controversial shooting. U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz confirmed Thursday that FBI testing of a “white crystal-like substance” recovered from Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s work van came back negative for methamphetamine. An attorney for his family say…
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elnorte.comThe D.A.'s on disclaimer that the substance found in the Mexican truck hit by the ICE in Houston was methamphetamine.
U.S. attorney confirms FBI tests didn’t find meth in van driven by man fatally shot by ICE in Houston
Tests of a substance found inside the van driven by a man shot to death by immigration officers last month in Houston revealed it wasn’t methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz confirmed to The Texas Tribune. “I can confirm what’s already public: lab testing showed the substance in the baggies was not meth,” Reitz, the U.S. […] The post U.S. attorney confirms FBI tests didn’t find meth in van driven by man fatally shot by ICE in Houston appea…
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