{"id":372498,"date":"2026-07-14T13:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372498\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:24:52","slug":"son-of-houston-man-killed-by-ice-shares-what-he-sees-as-his-fathers-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372498\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of Houston man killed by ICE shares what he sees as his father\u2019s legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The son of a 52-year-old man who was killed<\/a> by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Houston last week told MS NOW he wants his father to be remembered as a \u201chardworking man,\u201d as he and his family continue to push for transparency from the federal government about the fatal shooting<\/a> that has prompted outrage nationwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re left without a father, my mom is left without a husband,\u201d Lorenzo Salgado Araujo<\/a>\u2019s son, Ronaldo Salgado, told Jacob Soboroff on Saturday. \u201cNo matter how anyone puts it, a life was lost, and it was unfortunately someone who did not deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salgado said his father was \u201csomeone who dedicated his life to his craft, to his business, to his family [and] his employees,\u201d adding, \u201cThis is a man who provided for us, who provided for my mom. He promised my mom that she would never have to work because he got us. So that\u2019s how I want the world to remember my dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salgado Araujo was killed shortly before 7 a.m. on Tuesday while on his way to work. In a statement<\/a>, ICE said officers shot the immigrant in \u201cself-defense\u201d after he \u201cattempted to evade arrest\u201d by driving his van into an unmarked law enforcement vehicle. However, eyewitness accounts <\/a>have contradicted the agency\u2019s version of events, and it has not released footage of the encounter to back up its claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Salgado told MS NOW his father, who had been in the United States for more than three decades, was a \u201claw-abiding\u201d resident and he was in the process of getting a work permit. Based on past conversations, Ronaldo Salgado said he believed \u201cdeep in [his] heart\u201d his father did not know the vehicles following him were law enforcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThese were unmarked vehicles,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve spoken many times as a family together on \u2026 what should happen in the event ICE detained him. There was a way for him to come back home to us had those vehicles been properly marked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether he had a message for President Donald Trump<\/a>, Salgado said his focus remains on grieving.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not want to speak to the president, nor do I have a message for him,\u201d he told Soboroff. \u201cI just want my dad. I just want to have a funeral for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAllison Detzel<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAllison Detzel is an editor\/producer for MS NOW. She was previously a segment producer for \u201cAYMAN\u201d and \u201cThe Mehdi Hasan Show.\u201d\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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