Houston Mayor John Whitmire on Wednesday cast doubt that the city’s police department could open a criminal investigation into the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — killed a day earlier by a federal immigration agent — as family and advocates pressured city leaders to spearhead an independent ...
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Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare is urging anyone who witnessed Tuesday’s fatal ICE shooting in east Houston to come forward as his office conducts a parallel review into the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.‘A hardworking Mexican man’: Son of man killed by ICE in Houston demands investi...
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Family and activists are speaking out following the deadly shooting of a man in Houston by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
Houston Mayor John Whitmire says the city is not in a position to launch its own investigation into a deadly shooting tied to an ICE operation because the Houston Police Department was not involved and the city has no jurisdiction over the incident.“We are calling for our federal partners to cond...
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The incident was reported on the westbound lanes of I-10 near Wayside Drive.
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Multiple westbound lanes of the East Freeway have reopened at Wayside Drive after an 18-wheeler struck a bridge and lost its load on Wednesday afternoon.
Thunderstorms have led to a ground stop being issued at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport.The FAA says the ground stop is scheduled through 5:15 p.m.There is a medium probability of extension.As of 4:30 p.m., radar showed a thunderstorm over the airport.
HCSO deputies left the scene at 9:12 a.m. after confirming that federal authorities had secured the area and were managing the situation effectively.
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Mexico’s president says her country will pursue legal action against the United States after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a man Tuesday morning in east Houston. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, was a Mexican citizen who’d been in Houston more than 30 years, according to...
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