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A photograph of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is displayed on an altar surrounded by candles during a community vigil in Houston on Saturday, July 11, 2026.

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Mexican builder fatally shot by an ICE officer is mourned after making a life in the US

Mexican builder fatally shot by an ICE officer is mourned after making a life in the US

The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo had built hundreds of houses over 35 years, creating a life for his family in the U.S. On Tuesday, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot 52-year-old Salgado Araujo as he drove his crew to their latest job site. The shooting has outraged Houston leaders and renewed public scrutiny over ICE and Trump’s immigration crackdown.