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A.com code news Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. That's the 52 year old man who was shot and killed by ICE agents this week in Houston, Texas, the 10th individual since January 2025 to have been shot and killed by ICE agents in an enforcement operation that includes people like Alex Preddy, Renee Good, Keith Porter and others. And now we're in a situation where all of the facts we're learning about Lorenzo's case. Well, the ICE narrative is slowly falling apart. Not only did we learn overnight that Lorenzo was not the person that ICE was actually targeting, but we also learned that ICE's narrative of events that Lorenzo somehow was driving towards them, was trying to ram them with the vehicle. It's not true and we'll never actually learn before the full truth because ICE did not have body cameras on. It comes as Trump is saying he will not sign a critical housing bill. Major election news as overnight Trump fired major election individuals on a bipartisan commission in the federal government and more. I have the latest right now. Make sure to like, comment, share and as always, subscribe to my substack link below to support my work. I want to jump right in and talk about Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. You may know that name because we've been talking about him over the past several days. Mexico is seeking criminal charges for the ICE agents responsible for his death. But we learned major facts overnight. That makes this story even more damning and the story even more troubling. First, we learned that U.S. iCE officers were not wearing body cameras during the shooting of Lorenzo in Houston this week. The officers were, quote, not issued body worn cameras, according to a DHS spokesperson blaming the delay on the two partial government shutdowns. Although ICE has been reopened for several months now and it doesn't actually take that long to send over body cameras to make sure ICE agents have that body camera. That's number one. Number two, overnight ICE admitted that they shot and killed the wrong person. In the statement, DHS says after receiving a credible tip from our law enforcement partners, our officers conducted surveillance On a target's address. Weeks prior to the incident, they noted two white vans at the property. On July 7, officers were almost at the target's address when they observed a white man with an individual who resembled the target. Officers then initiated the vehicle stop. They were looking for two Guatemalan men. They ended up shooting and killing a 52 year old Mexican man, not the individual that they were targeting. So they were targeting other individuals with when they killed Lorenzo, who was a 52 year old Mexican man who had lived in the United States, a resident for 30 plus years, working without any issue in the United States of America. That's the second fact and the third. Probably the most damning part of it all is that the only witnesses to the shooting outside of Lorenzo, who has passed away after the shooting and the ICE officers are undocumented migrants who are in the van with Lorenzo Salgado araujo. They dispute DHS's account that he tried to run over ICE officers. Through their attorneys, they say that ICE vehicles boxed them in, an agent quickly opened fire from the side of the van and no officer was ever in front of the vehicle or in danger of being struck. The men who are now in immigration detention and facing removal proceedings, say Salgado Araujo, a father of three who had lived in the United States for decades without a criminal record, was shot despite never resisting. And they're actively calling for an independent investigation. And while the coroner's office deemed the death of Salgado to be a homicide, that doesn't mean that there was no justification for the shooting. That just means that the manner of death was homicide. It also doesn't mean that it was murder. And I'm explaining this to you as a journalist, but also as a lawyer. When the coroner issues a manner of death as a homicide, that just means that the person, that's the method by which the person was killed, that someone shot someone else, someone killed someone else. And here an ICE officer killed, shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Now, the justification aspect is based on the facts on the ground. And what we're learning is that ICE's narrative is actively falling apart. Lorenzo is a 10th person this year or in the past 18 months killed by ICE officers. And unfortunately, these stories are just kind of getting pushed aside. Who's talking about Alex Preddy? Who's talking about Keith Porter, Renee Goode? These individuals who have been killed by ICE officers, their stories just get thrown to the wayside because of the news cycle that we're in. And it's so important to continue to remember their stories. And that's why I want to show you a video and this is a very powerful video from Lorenzo's son.
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Take a listen on Facebook that he had been shot. I recognized him immediately, not from his appearance, but from his voice crying for help as he lay on the street bleeding out. I am Ronaldo Salgado, the oldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araupo. I want to tell you about my dad. He was a hard working family man who never wanted his name to be known by anyone outside of his family. He wanted nothing else in life but to provide for his wife wife and see his sons become great people. He was also a man of routine for the majority of the last 35 years of his life in the United States. He began the day the same way and always ended it by coming home, sitting on the porch, eating a hearty meal made by my mother, going to sleep and doing it all over again the next day. Let me tell you about my father's last day alive with as much detail as possible because it's vividly replaying in my head over and over again.
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That's from Lorenzo Sun. In other news overnight, the Trump administration removed the remaining members of the bipartisan U.S. election Assistance Commission, leaving the agency without any commissioners just months before the midterm elections. The commission is responsible for for election administration guidance, certifying voting systems, accrediting testing laboratories and maintaining the national mail voter registration form. The White House has not explained how it plans to move forward, though the law establishing the commission allows the president to appoint replacements. The move has drawn criticism from election officials who warn that it will disrupt election administration ahead of the midterms, with Secretary of State Adrian Fontes calling the decision, quote, irresponsible and dangerous. We're learning more about the status of the reflecting pool this afternoon. Here's from Scott McFarlane, a colleague of mine. He was at the reflecting pool. Take a listen to what he had to say.
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Back to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has retained its very swampy green like color. It's still fenced off. It's still inaccessible. It's still not in its best shape. It is reflecting again, but it's almost like quarantined in its green light state. In the meantime, there are battles over this reflecting pool in court, two big ones, including the case of David Hearn, the former Olympian who has just pleaded not guilty to alleged destruction of the pool. His attorneys were dunking all over that case outside the courthouse as David Hearn received a hero's welcome from the crowd here.
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That is from Scott McFarland on the ground. We also got new footage from CNN this morning showing Mitch McConnell being dragged out of his home several weeks ago in a stretcher. Take a look. Not riding with him. That is exclusive footage obtained by cnn. So now we're in a situation where we have immigration related issues that we need to talk about, major Epstein issues coming up this week and next week regarding Todd Blanche's hearing. And I'll be speaking with survivors for you. So stay tuned. On that front, we have McConnell's health, we have the status of the overreflecting pool and the election coming up. I have more updates for you soon. As always, make sure to, like, comment, share. And if you can, subscribe to my substack link below to support. See you soon.