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ICE Agent Fatally Shoots Driver During Houston Traffic Stop After Vehicle Rams Agency Car
An ICE agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo after he rammed an agency vehicle and tried to run over officers during a traffic stop in Houston on Thursday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the man had ignored commands to pull over while caught in an agency operation.
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An ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national, during a traffic stop in Houston on Thursday after the man rammed an agency vehicle and attempted to run over officers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. Salgado Araujo ignored repeated commands to pull over and tried to flee, the agency stated in a press release.
He was taken to a hospital and later died, authorities said.
New York Post reported that officials described Salgado Araujo as an illegal immigrant. His son Ronaldo Salgado told Telemundo Houston that his father had been in the area looking to hire workers. The Houston shooting is the most recent in a series of deadly incidents involving ICE and vehicle-bound passengers, New York Post reported.
ICE agents shot and killed a man in Chicago in September 2025 after he rammed into officers and dragged one underneath his car. In Minneapolis, immigration agents shot and killed anti-ICE activist Renee Nicole Good after the agency claimed she had attempted to run over one of their own. That claim was contested by activists and led to protests in the city.
