Mexico requests US state attorneys general investigate migrant deaths in ICE custody
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Mexico has formally requested that U.S. state attorneys general criminally investigate cases of migrants who have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during raids, the Mexican government said Tuesday. The request follows the death of Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston. Since the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, 17 Mexican migrants have died during immigration enforcement, 14 in ICE custody and three in agency operations. Mexico's Foreign Ministry said a similar request will be sent to the U.S. Department of Justice. The United States is not legally obliged to act on the requests. The Mexican government also said it has started sending letters to U.S. detention centers where Mexican migrants have died, demanding they cease actions or omissions that resulted in these deaths. The first center to receive the letter was Adelanto, in California, where four Mexican migrants died. The letters are a first step toward the eventual filing of civil lawsuits against the companies that operate the detention centers.
What’s reported
Mexico formally requested U.S. state attorneys general criminally investigate migrant deaths in ICE custody or during raids.
The request follows the death of Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston.
Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, 17 Mexican migrants have died during immigration enforcement: 14 in ICE custody and three in agency operations.
Mexico's Foreign Ministry said a similar request will be sent to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The United States is not legally obliged to act on the requests.
Mexico has started sending letters to U.S. detention centers where Mexican migrants died, demanding they cease actions or omissions that resulted in deaths.
The first center to receive the letter was Adelanto, California, where four Mexican migrants died.
The letters are a first step toward the eventual filing of civil lawsuits against the companies that operate the detention centers.
Salgado Araujo had no criminal record and had lived in the U.S. for 35 years.
The Department of Homeland Security said Salgado Araujo had rammed an ICE vehicle and a federal agent fired a weapon in self-defense.
Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco sent a letter to U.N. high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk requesting information on the deaths and analysis of compatibility with international human rights obligations.
Key figures
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Mexican immigrant killed in Houston
Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco
U.S. President Donald Trump
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
Volker Türk, U.N. high commissioner for human rights
Sources: abcnews.com
