ICE shootings kill Mexican worker in Houston and Colombian father in Maine

On July 7, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed 52‑year‑old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who had lived in the United States for 35 years, while he was driving to a construction job in Houston, Texas. ICE later said Salgado was not the target of the operation, which was seeking two Guatemalan men. A Texas prosecutor revealed that Salgado’s vehicle contained electrolytes, not drugs, and that the official account of him striking an ICE vehicle is disputed.

Six days later, in Biddeford, Maine, 26‑year‑old Colombian immigrant Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was fatally shot by an ICE agent during a traffic stop near his daughter’s laundromat. The agent claimed Durán attempted to hit him; video shows Durán saying he tried to stop. The agent, identified as David Brouillette, has a history of domestic‑violence incidents and mental‑health concerns. Colombian President Gustavo Petro called the killing an “assassination” and asked for a thorough investigation.

Both killings provoked public vigils and protests in Houston, Maine, and other U.S. cities, with community leaders demanding ICE accountability and the removal of armed agents from streets. The incidents have intensified scrutiny of ICE’s use‑of‑force policies and the broader immigration‑enforcement strategy implemented during the Trump administration.