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Video disproves DHS claims; ICE agents charged, not indicted.

7/9/2026

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Video footage released by Newsweek contradicts DHS claims that victims weaponized their vehicles in immigration-related shootings.
ICE agents shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, and Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas.
Minnesota prosecutors charged ICE agent Christian Castro with assault and false reporting, resulting in a Texas grand jury declining to indict HSI agent Jack Stevens despite body-camera footage.

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Video footage released by Newsweek contradicts DHS claims that victims weaponized their vehicles in immigration-related shootings.
ICE agents shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, and Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas.
Minnesota prosecutors charged ICE agent Christian Castro with assault and false reporting, resulting in a Texas grand jury declining to indict HSI agent Jack Stevens despite body-camera footage.