US authorities confirmed late on Tuesday that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during a traffic stop in Houston, Texas.
ICE has said that the agent acted in self defense after Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national, attempted to evade arrest and rammed the officer's vehicle.
Calls for an independent investigation
There were calls from Democrats and Latin American groups for an independent inquiry, however, as in the past — such as the killing of Renee Good in Minnesota in January — agents' accounts of an officer-involved shooting have differed significantly from video evidence.
"All available footage, communications, and other evidence should be preserved and reviewed as part of a full and impartial investigation," said Sylvia Garcia, who represents the Houston-area district where the shooting took place in Congress.
