Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her government is reviewing possible legal action after ICE agents fatally shot a Mexican national during an attempted arrest in Houston.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her government is considering legal action against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after federal agents fatally shot a Mexican national during an attempted arrest in Texas.
Sheinbaum addressed the case during her morning news conference, referring to Tuesday’s shooting in Houston involving Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who was illegally present in the United States.
“We cannot allow the mistreatment of our brothers who are in the United States,” Sheinbaum said.
According to an ICE statement, federal agents were attempting to arrest Salgado when he resisted, allegedly used his vehicle to ram an ICE vehicle and then tried to run over a federal agent. Authorities said agents fired after Salgado used the vehicle as a weapon, fatally injuring him.
During her remarks, Sheinbaum did not mention the alleged attack on federal agents described by ICE.
“His only fault was not having papers, even though he had been hired by an American company,” Sheinbaum said.
Sheinbaum accused the U.S. government and federal agencies of having a history of oppressing migrants and said migrants should not face detention or violence.
“They don’t have to be in detention centers or for there to be any violence,” she said.
The Mexican president said her government is examining legal options beyond diplomatic notes. She said that while the U.S. government responds to diplomatic communications, migrants continue to die.
Sheinbaum did not specify what legal steps Mexico may pursue but said the measures would be judicial in nature.
Her comments follow similar statements in March, when she said Mexico would file complaints with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. That effort had no legal effect in the United States because the U.S. is not part of the Inter-American Human Rights System, which is primarily made up of Latin American countries and does not include the United States or Canada.
The Houston shooting is likely to add to tensions between Mexico and U.S. immigration authorities as the Trump administration continues enforcement actions against illegal immigration and Mexico’s government increases its public criticism of U.S. treatment of Mexican nationals.
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