MAN SHOT DEAD BY US IMMIGRATION AGENTS WAS NOT INTENDED TARGET

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national, was fatally shot by immigration agents during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday morning. The Department of Homeland Security stated on Thursday that agents had initiated the stop after observing "a white van with an individual who resembled the target" of an enforcement operation. DHS claimed the officer fired in self-defence after Salgado attempted to evade arrest and rammed an ICE vehicle. Salgado was taken to hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Salgado was 52 years old and had worked as a builder in the Houston area for three decades after arriving in the United States as an undocumented migrant, according to his family. His family stated he had no criminal record and was close to obtaining a work permit at the time of his death. He was driving himself and three co-workers to a construction site when the incident occurred. DHS said agents had previously surveilled an address and observed two white vans weeks before the traffic stop took place.

The agents involved in the shooting were not equipped with body cameras, and DHS has not released any images or video footage of the incident. A DHS spokesperson told CBS News that half of its field officers are currently equipped with body cameras, with the remaining half expected to receive them within 60 days. The shooting has drawn attention to the circumstances surrounding the mistaken identity and the lack of recorded evidence from the scene.