A “hardworking” Mexican man who has lived and worked in the United States for 35 years was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, marking the first person killed by federal immigration officers since Renee Good and Alex Pretti.The Department of Homeland Security claimed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 39-year-old father, tried to “evade arrest” as part of a targeted operation Tuesday morning in Houston. In a statement, the department alleged Salagado “rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle, refused to follow multiple verbal commands, and weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer.” The officer fired his weapon at Salagado “in self-defense,” according to the department, and he was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries. Salagado’s family, local officials and the Hispanic civil rights group League of United Latin American Citizens have called for a full and transparent investigation into the shooting.A ‘hardworking’ Mexican man who has lived and worked in the United States for 35 years was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, marking the first person killed by federal immigration officers since Renee Good and Alex Pretti (Reuters)Ronaldo Salgado, Salagado’s son, said his father has been in the U.S. for 35 years and was in the process of obtaining his work permit. “My father, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a hardworking Mexican man, was the man killed this morning by ICE in the East End,” Salgado said in a statement shared on social media. “My father has been in this country for nearly 35 years, working in construction to provide for myself, my two brothers, and my mother. He was in the process of obtaining his work permit through the legal process. He was on his way to work, picking up his workers.”“My father did not deserve this,” he said.Houston city council member Alejandra Salinas said the incident was “deeply concerning,” while Democratic Rep. Sylvia Garcia, whose Houston district includes the shooting scene, called for an independent review.LULAC, a civil rights group, said “ICE’s claim that Mr.Salgado attempted to use his vehicle to injure officers cannot simply be accepted at face value” and called for the release of bodycam footage, surveillance, radio communications and witness statements.The Department of Homeland Security claimed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo tried to ‘evade arrest’ as part of a targeted operation Tuesday morning in Houston. His family, local officials and civil rights groups have called for a full and transparent investigation (AP)“This is not the first time ICE has justified a shooting by claiming someone tried to run over officers, only for later evidence to prove that to be untrue,” the group said, highlighting the 2025 shooting of American citizen Marimar Martinez and Good’s killing in Minneapolis in January 2026. Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in Chicago last year. The 30-year-old teaching assistant was accused of assaulting officers with her car during the Trump administration’s surge in the city, but the evidence against her showed the allegation to be false.In Minneapolis, Good was accused of running over an ICE agent with her car. She was shot at point-blank range by the officer. Video footage disputed the allegation, but Good was labeled a “domestic terrorist” by former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House officials in the aftermath of her death, prompting global outrage.In a statement to The Independent, the Department of Homeland Security said the Office of Inspector General was leading an investigation into the shooting, and the FBI Houston was leading a probe “into the potential assault on a federal law enforcement officer.”“This is a developing situation, and we will update the public when more information is available,” the department added.