Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Mexico will “go beyond diplomatic notes” and take “legal measures” against the US following ICE’s murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. In a Wednesday press conference, Sheinbaum said Mexico “cannot allow the mistreatment” of “our fellow citizens” in the US.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old father of three who was in the process of getting his work permit, was fatally shot and killed by ICE on Tuesday, July 7 while picking up his construction crew. In a press conference on Wednesday, his oldest son Ronaldo Araujo described him as a “simple man” who worked hard to give his family “the American dream” and demanded an independent probe into his father’s murder.
While ICE alleged that Salgado Araujo attempted to evade arrest, leading the agent to shoot him in self-defense, his family says this doesn’t sound like him. Other Latinos who have been killed by ICE include Ruben Ray Martinez, Silverio Villegas González, and Isaias Sanchez Ba...
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