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\"Demonstrators<\/p>\n

Demonstrators march through downtown Houston toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"From<\/p>\n

From left, Dora Alvarado, 63, stands next to her daughter Paris Neri, 21, participate in a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026. Demonstrators marched in support of immigrant communities and called for accountability.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Sophia<\/p>\n

Sophia Reyna, 16, holds a sign during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Janie<\/p>\n

Janie Torres, the sister of Jos\u00e9 “Joe” Campos Torres, speaks during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Demonstrators<\/p>\n

Demonstrators march through downtown Houston toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"People<\/p>\n

People gather for a protest in memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at City Hall in Houston, Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"David<\/p>\n

David Martinez, 32, holds a flag during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation at City Hall in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Teodoro<\/p>\n

Teodoro Aguiluz, 75, of CRECEN, participates in a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"People<\/p>\n

People gather for a protest in memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at City Hall in Houston, Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"People<\/p>\n

People gather for a protest in memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at City Hall in Houston, Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"State<\/p>\n

State Rep. Christina Morales speaks during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026. Demonstrators marched in support of immigrant communities and called for accountability.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Cesar<\/p>\n

Cesar Espinosa, left, executive director of FIEL Houston, stands next to Janie Torres, the sister of Jos\u00e9 “Joe” Campos Torres, during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Angie<\/p>\n

Angie P., 43, a community organizer with Stand Up Houston, speaks a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Demonstrators<\/p>\n

Demonstrators hold up the lights from their cell phones toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Houston during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, July 11, 2026, in a show of support for people detained inside.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Cesar<\/p>\n

Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL Houston, marches alongside his son during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026. Demonstrators marched through downtown Houston to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Norma<\/p>\n

Norma Mottu, 48, carries a flag during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"People<\/p>\n

People gather for a protest in memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at City Hall in Houston, Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"People<\/p>\n

People gather for a protest in memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at City Hall in Houston, Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Demonstrators<\/p>\n

Demonstrators march through downtown Houston toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Demonstrators<\/p>\n

Demonstrators march through downtown Houston toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Demonstrators<\/p>\n

Demonstrators hold up the lights from their cell phones toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Houston during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, July 11, 2026, in a show of support for people detained inside.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Demonstrators<\/p>\n

Demonstrators march through downtown Houston toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Demonstrators<\/p>\n

Demonstrators march through downtown Houston toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Sophia<\/p>\n

Sophia Reyna, 16, holds a sign during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Demonstrators<\/p>\n

Demonstrators march through downtown Houston toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Demonstrators<\/p>\n

Demonstrators hold signs outside the entrance to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026. The march concluded at the detention center, where protesters gathered in support of those detained inside.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle\"Demonstrators<\/p>\n

Demonstrators hold up the lights from their cell phones toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Houston during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation on Saturday, July 11, 2026, in a show of support for people detained inside.<\/p>\n

Raquel Natalicchio\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n

Protesters trickled in and gathered outside City Hall during a light drizzle Saturday evening to protest the fatal shooting of\u00a0Lorenzo Salgado Araujo\u2019s by ICE agents this week.<\/p>\n

They carried umbrellas, along with their homemade posters and flags representing both Mexico and the U.S.<\/p>\n

REP. GARCIA VISIT:\u00a0Sylvia Garcia visits detained witnesses who dispute ICE’s account of deadly Houston shooting<\/a><\/p>\n

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Seventy-five-year old Anita\u00a0Ceballos showed up two and a half hours before the 6 p.m. event.<\/p>\n

\u201cA little rain doesn\u2019t hurt, you know?\u201d\u00a0Ceballos said.<\/p>\n

Ceballos\u2019s parents lived not too far from Canal Street in the East End neighborhood where Salgado was killed and she said she\u2019s really hurting for his family.<\/p>\n

As Spanish music began playing from speakers in front of City Hall, protesters began to move out from under the trees where they’d taken shelter.<\/p>\n

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They were there to demand justice for the 52-year-old Salgado\u00a0who was shot and killed Tuesday as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempted to pull over his vehicle. ICE officials say Salgado attempted to weaponize his vehicle against the agents, an accusation his family rejects.<\/p>\n

The Houston branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation<\/a>\u00a0and immigrants rights group FIEL Houston <\/a>have called for an independent investigation and to get ICE out of the city.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

EARLIER: ‘A hard moment to be an American’: Labor union hosts vigil for ICE victim<\/a><\/p>\n

Salgado, who had lived in the United States for nearly 35 years, was a Mexican citizen and owned his own construction business, according to his family. He was picking up workers and on his way to a job site when he was stopped by ICE agents Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

As protesters chanted, \u201cJustice for Lorenzo! ICE out of Houston! ICE out of Texas! ICE out of everywhere,\u201d Loren\u00a0Haskins stood among them in a cowboy hat, holding a Trump 2020 flag\u00a0with the words crossed out in red.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYet another person was slaughtered by our government,\u201d\u00a0Haskins said. \u201cWe have Donald Trump and his own personal\u00a0Schutzstaffel and, I mean, it\u2019s 1936 Germany over here, and it’s gotta stop. Unless we collectively rise and decide that enough is enough, they’re gonna keep on killing people.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the front of the crowd through a microphone, a leader of the Party for Socialism and Liberation urged the crowd to chant loud enough for the East End\u00a0to hear them.<\/p>\n

U.S. Rep Sylvia Garcia was at the front of the crowd standing under an umbrella, just a few hours after she visited the men who witnessed the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in an immigrant detention facility in Conroe.<\/p>\n

Next steps<\/p>\n

After more than 30 minutes of the crowd chanting,\u00a0Teodoro Aguiluz of community service group\u00a0CRECEN Houston<\/a> took the microphone.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are here to demand that they investigate what happened exactly with our brother\u00a0Lorenzo,\u201d Aguiluz said in Spanish to the crowd.<\/p>\n

Leaders urged the crowd to return to City Hall on Tuesday and sign up for the public comment portion of the scheduled City Council meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is going to be here on Tuesday?\u201d A leader yelled into the microphone to loud applause and shouts.<\/p>\n

State Rep. Christina Morales, a Houston Democrat, told the crowd that they honor Salgado by not being silent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the government story is true, then why are they hiding the evidence?\u201d Morales asked.<\/p>\n

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Cesar\u00a0Espinosa, co-founder\u00a0of FIEL closed the event as he led the group in a moment of silence before playing the song \u201cAmor Eterno\u201d by the late Spanish singer Roc\u00edo D\u00farcal.<\/p>\n

Some of the protesters sobbed as\u00a0D\u00farcal sang in Spanish, \u201cI’d so much rather be asleep than awake \/ Because of how much it hurts me that you\u2019re not here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the song finished, Espinosa led the group in a march to the Federal Detention Center on Texas Avenue.<\/p>\n

As they approached, protesters chanted “F— ICE” in English and Spanish. Once gathered at the center, marchers raised their phone flashlights and pointed them at the building while chanting “You are not alone!” in both languages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After a few more chants they began to walk back to City Hall, yelling \u201cWe\u2019ll be back!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Demonstrators march through downtown Houston toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center during a protest following the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-370108","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\/370108","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=370108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}