Another Fatal ICE Shooting

另一次致命的ICE射击事件

Radio Atlantic

2026-07-09

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This week saw the first fatal ICE shooting since Minnesota. In Houston, an ICE officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. It’s been six months since the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and the federal government hasn’t properly investigated either one. And it has stood in the way of state agents trying to find out what happened—failing, for example, to give state investigators access to Good’s car. The face of this federal response is Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general who is facing a Senate confirmation hearing next week.  For a system that assumes the federal government keeps state and local law enforcement from committing civil-rights abuses, what happens when the roles are reversed? How far can states such as Minnesota go?  The Atlantic’s staff writer Quinta Jurecic discusses the Good and Pretti investigations, how Blanche has warped the Justice Department, and how state prosecutors and federal judges are pushing back.  - - - Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Atlantic subscribers also get access to exclusive subscriber audio in Apple Podcasts. Subscribe today at TheAtlantic.com/Listener. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • This week, an ICE officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a traffic stop in Houston.

  • The first time immigration agents have shot and killed someone

  • since the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Preddy in Minnesota.

  • We don't have videos of the Houston incident yet, and we don't fully know what happened.

  • But the agency has already released a conclusive statement about the incident.

  • The words were familiar.

  • The man, they wrote, quote, weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer,

  • resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense.

  • Which is very similar to the story I told about Renee Good and very different

  • from what the videos showed happened to her that day.

  • I'm Hannah Rosen.

  • This is Radio Atlantic.

  • Six months after the two shootings in Minnesota, federal government hasn't properly investigated either one.

  • They actually appear to be making it harder, not easier, for state officials looking into the shooting.

  • And the face of these non-investigations is Todd Blanche.