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Mexico to Seek U.S. Criminal Charges Over ICE Shooting and Migrant Deaths in Custody

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  • ICE agents fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston after a passenger in his vehicle was believed to resemble a suspect, according to the New York Times.
  • President Sheinbaum and Foreign Minister Velasco announced Mexico will seek U.S. state and federal criminal complaints over the killing and other migrant deaths in custody.
  • Al Jazeera described the legal action as Mexico's strongest response yet to Trump administration deportation policies.
  • Mexico is also investigating U.S. involvement in the 2024 capture of drug lord El Mayo Zambada from Mexican territory.
  • Five people have pleaded guilty in the 2021 smuggling truck crash that killed 55 migrants, a case Mexico has referenced in its push for accountability.

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