HOUSTON — Laboratory testing has confirmed that the white powder seized from Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van — which was the subject of an unusual, unsealed DOJ search warrant — is not drugs. Mr. Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by ICE in Houston’s East End on July 7 while driving to work. The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has been retained by the Salgado family to represent them.
The following statement can be attributed to David Donatti (he/him), senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Texas:
“Lorenzo Salgado Araujo should still be alive today, and nothing about the government's so-called 'search' could have changed that fact. That search has now proven what the Salgado family has said all along: Lorenzo was a hardworking man who made homes for Houston families, and his wife packed him homemade electrolyte mixes to keep him and his crew hydrated under the Texas sun.
“By taking the unusual steps of securing and then unsealing their search warrant, the government has demonstrated that it is more interested in creating a false narrative than in seeking the truth. The Salgados deserve real answers about what happened to their father, and we reiterate our call for an independent and complete investigation.”
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