Mexican Man Fatally Shot By ICE Agent After Allegedly Ramming Vehicle, Trying To Run Over Officer

Published 8 July 2026 · health

Mexican Man Fatally Shot By ICE Agent After Allegedly Ramming Vehicle, Trying To Run Over Officer Published By, Last Updated: July 08, 2026, 08:13 IST

Mexican Man Fatally Shot By ICE Agent After Allegedly Ramming Vehicle, Trying To Run Over Officer Published By, Last Updated: July 08, 2026, 08:13 IST The deceased was identified by ICE as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, whom the agency described as a Mexican national and an “illegal alien.” Flowers sit at the scene where an ICE agent fatally shot a Mexican motorist, identified as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas. (Source: Reuters) A Mexican man was fatally shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during an enforcement operation in Houston on Tuesday after he allegedly rammed a law enforcement vehicle and attempted to run over an officer, the agency said. The deceased was identified by ICE as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, whom the agency described as a Mexican national and an “illegal alien." According to ICE, officers were conducting a “targeted enforcement operation" when Salgado allegedly tried to evade arrest. The agency said Salgado “rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle, refused to follow multiple verbal commands, and weaponised his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer." ICE said the encounter ended with “our officer firing his weapon in self-defence," striking Salgado, who was taken to a hospital and later died of his injuries.

Ronaldo Salgado, who identified himself as the victim’s son, told Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo Houston that his father had been in the area looking for workers when he was shot. Surveillance footage from a nearby business showed a person lying beside a white van surrounded by law enforcement officers in what appeared to be the aftermath of the shooting. Calls For Independent Investigation The shooting has prompted renewed calls for an independent investigation, with critics pointing to previous cases in which official accounts of immigration enforcement operations were later challenged. Also Read: ICE Agent Fatally Shoots Woman Amid Immigration Crackdown In Minneapolis, Trump Blames ‘Radical Left’ In October, Chicago-area resident Marimar Martinez was accused of ramming law enforcement officers with her vehicle and was shot five times. She survived, and the charges against her were later dropped after video evidence suggested agents may have struck her vehicle themselves. In another case, Trump administration officials said two US citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis in January, had threatened officers before they were killed, despite video evidence that contradicted those claims.