{"id":368009,"date":"2026-07-10T08:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/368009\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T08:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:29:33","slug":"lulac-gofundme-for-man-killed-by-ice-agent-in-houston-reaches-200000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/368009\/","title":{"rendered":"LULAC GoFundMe for man killed by ICE agent in Houston reaches $200,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, a Mexican citizen, was shot and killed Tuesday in Houston\u2019s Magnolia Park neighborhood while he was being pursued by ICE,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/trending\/article\/ice-shooting-araujo-houston-leaders-22337053.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">according to Chronicle reports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LULAC had launched the GoFundMe page for Araujo Wednesday morning with a starting goal of $25,000. According to the page, Salgado\u00a0was a husband, father of three boys and a small-business owner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLorenzo built his life the honest way: with early mornings, long hours, and his own two hands,\u201d the page reads. \u201cHe ran his own construction business, building, with real work and real skill, the kind of life he wanted for his family. He was known for his work ethic, his fairness, and his willingness to help anyone who needed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the shooting, Houston leaders have called for transparency as investigations\u00a0into the case proceed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent during an operation in Houston\u2019s East End this morning is deeply concerning,\u201d Houston City Council member Alejandra Salinas said in a statement. \u201cThe use of deadly force demands full scrutiny and transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, a Mexican citizen, was shot and killed Tuesday in Houston\u2019s Magnolia Park neighborhood while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-368009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}