On July 7, 2026, U.S. immigration agents added another name to the list of people they have shot dead. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who had lived on the U.S. side of the border for 35 years, was on his way to work at a construction site in Houston, Texas, with three fellow workers. According to ICE officials, Salgado Araujo “weaponized his vehicle” against an agent and was shot by the officer acting in “self-defense.” Salgado Araujo died on the way to the hospital. His coworkers are all in detention. Almost immediately, the Salgado family and civil rights groups called for an independent investigation, saying they did not trust the federal government to tell the truth given its track record in other cases. Testimony from Salgado Araujo’s coworkers — the only known eyewitnesses so far — supported the family’s suspicions. The ICE thugs’ story has begun to unravel.