The three men who were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo when federal immigration officials shot and killed him in Houston, Texas, this week are strongly disputing the Trump administration’s narrative of the events and are being pressured to sign deportation orders, according to their lawyer and lawmakers.
The three men, who were arrested by immigration officials during the incident, denied that Salgado, the driver of the vehicle, “weaponized” his vehicle against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. They also told their lawyer that there was never an ICE official in front of the van and that the shots that killed Salgado came from the “sides” of the vehicle.
