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Harris County Allocates $2.5 M to Probe ICE Shooting

8/7/2026

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  • Harris County commissioners approved $2.52 million for the attorney to investigate the July 7 ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
  • The $2.52 million will be spread over three years for staff, overtime or counsel while the probe runs alongside a DHS Inspector General inquiry.
  • ICE was searching for two Guatemalan men in a van when Araujo, a Mexican national, was shot, DHS reporting agents lacked body cameras because of a prior shutdown.