Lawyer Accuses ICE of Cover-Up in Mexican Migrant's Death in Texas

The family's lawyer accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of attempting to cover up what he called a "crime" in the fatal shooting of Mexican migrant Lorenzo Salgado in Houston. Domingo García, also a member of LULAC, stated in an interview that ICE lied about its agents not wearing body cameras and about Salgado attempting to run over an agent.

"They are trying to cover up, in my opinion, a crime, which was the death of Lorenzo Salgado," García asserted. The lawyer claims to have seen videos recorded after the shooting that show cameras attached to some agents' vests. This directly contradicts ICE's assertion that agents were not equipped with body cameras during the incident.

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They are trying to cover up, in my opinion, a crime, which was the death of Lorenzo Salgado.

Furthermore, three other men who were in the vehicle with Salgado and were detained by ICE have denied that Salgado intentionally crashed the vehicle into agents' cars or tried to run one of them over. Their lawyer, Hugo Balderas, revealed this during a press conference in Houston. This testimony challenges the official narrative presented by ICE regarding the events leading to Salgado's death.

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The authorities must admit they made a mistake and the person who committed it must be punished. Lorenzo's family needs justice.

Given this conflicting information and the lawyer's accusations, Salgado's family does not trust the federal government to conduct an "impartial and independent" investigation. "The authorities must admit they made a mistake and the person who committed it must be punished. Lorenzo's family needs justice," declared García. The attorney also denounced the treatment Salgado allegedly received after being wounded: his wallet was taken, he was handcuffed while lying on the ground, and then transported to the hospital still in handcuffs.

Lorenzo Salgado, 52, was originally from the State of Mexico and had lived in the United States for about 35 years. He owned a small construction company with eight employees and worked as a framing carpenter. According to the lawyer, Salgado supported his family through his hard work and paid for his children's university education. One son is a high school teacher, another is an engineer, and the third is still studying. Reports indicate ICE was actually searching for a Guatemalan national when the shooting occurred, suggesting Salgado was not the intended target.

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I cannot understand why, instead of helping a man who was lying on the floor dying, they treated him like a dog.