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Passengers in Houston ICE shooting say agents rammed their van before firing
Summary by The San Antonio Editorial Desk · Based on reporting by Texas Tribune, Uriel J. García, Lomi Kriel, And Alex Nguyen , KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)
· July 22, 2026
· 9 min read
Two passengers in a van when an immigration agent fatally shot 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo earlier this month said that two unmarked vehicles struck them from behind and the side before they stopped, according to their written statements filed in a Houston federal court. “At no moment were...
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Key takeaway “At no moment were the agents in front of the vehicle,” Daniel Tirado Pantoja, a rear passenger in the van, said in his hand-written statement in Spanish.
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Category: local ·
Published: July 22, 2026 ·
Source: KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate) ·
Reading time: 9 min
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What is this story about? Two passengers in a van when an immigration agent fatally shot 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo earlier this month said that two unmarked vehicles struck them from behind and the side before they stopped, according to their written statements filed in a Houston federal court. “At no moment were...
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