Lorenzo Salgado Araujo spent 35 years building houses in Houston and, by his son's account, was killed metres from finishing another one.
The 52-year-old Mexican national was shot in the abdomen by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on 7 July 2026 in the city's Magnolia Park neighbourhood, during what the Department of Homeland Security called a 'targeted enforcement operation.' He died at a local hospital. His death has drawn condemnation from his family, Houston city leaders, Texas members of Congress and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), who are demanding an independent investigation.
