Houston ICE Operation Turns Tragic as Immigrant Fatally Shot

Police work on Canal Street after a shooting in Houston, Texas, on July 7, 2026. Jacob Lujan/Houston Chronicle via AP

Federal immigration authorities said a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shot an illegal alien from Mexico during a targeted enforcement operation in Houston on Tuesday after the man used his vehicle to try to run over an agent.

Officers attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, whom the agency identified as an illegal immigrant from Mexico, as part of an operation to make an arrest.