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Family believes substance in Houston ICE shooting van is salt, attorney says, countering FBI suspicion of drugs

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By Jason Hanna, Lauren Mascarenhas, Norma Galeana, Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — A substance collected from the van in which Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston last week likely was salt, an attorney for the slain man’s brother said she believes, countering the FBI’s previ…

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  1. Local DA disputes FBI claim of drugs in van of Houston ICE shooting

    Headline from The Hill ·

  2. Newest

    Family believes substance in Houston ICE shooting van is salt, attorney says, countering FBI suspicion of drugs

    Headline from KESQ Palm Springs ·

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  1. ABC 13 Houston

    FBI says there could be drugs in van involved in deadly ICE shooting, warrant states (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    The latest details come as authorities said they found "white crystal-like substance packaged in small plastic bags," according to documents.

  2. Fox26 Houston

    FBI seeks to search van after deadly Houston ICE shooting (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    The FBI has requested to search the white van that was being driven by Lorenzo Salgado Araujo when he was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last week in Houston. According to an affidavit filed in federal district court Tuesday, investigators said they saw several plast…

  3. KEYT Santa Barbara

    FBI search warrant alleges drugs found in van involved in Houston ICE shooting (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Lauren Mascarenhas, Norma Galeana, Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — In a warrant to search the van Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving when he was fatally shot last week by an ICE agent in Houston, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it has cause to believe there were illegal drugs in the vehicle.

  4. Seattle Times

    FBI searches for drugs in van involved in Houston ICE shooting (opens Seattle Times)

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    Federal investigators believe illegal drugs were inside the vehicle, though the immigration agents involved in the encounter do not appear to have known that.

  5. WMUR

    FBI affidavit alleges drugs found in van involved in Houston ICE shooting (opens WMUR)

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    A week after a man was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston, the FBI filed a warrant application saying the agency has cause to believe there were illegal drugs in the vehicle he was driving.

  6. KRDO

    DA says he doesn’t believe that drugs were found in van involved in Houston ICE shooting, countering FBI suspicion (opens KRDO)

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    By Lauren Mascarenhas, Norma Galeana, Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — [Breaking news, published at 10:27 a.m. ET] Prosecutors in Texas’ Harris County believe the substances collected in the van in which Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston last week were not drugs, the distri…

  7. The Hill

    Local DA disputes FBI claim of drugs in van of Houston ICE shooting (opens The Hill)

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    A local district attorney in Texas is disputing an FBI assessment that 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's vehicle contained drugs before he was fatally shot by a federal officer in Houston last week. “Based on the information we have regarding who Mr.

  8. NBC News

    Substance FBI agent saw in van of man fatally shot by ICE in Houston was salt, family attorney says (opens NBC News)

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    An FBI search warrant application said an agent found small bags in the van that he believed could contain drugs, which was refuted by the local DA and a group representing the victim’s family.

  9. Odessa American

    FBI suggests migrants’ van in fatal Houston shooting had meth. A lawyer says it was salt (opens Odessa American)

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    By Alex Nguyen and Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune The FBI sought a search warrant to seize plastic bags with “crystal-like substances” inside the van of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was fatally shot by an immigration agent last week.

  10. KESQ Palm Springs

    Family believes substance in Houston ICE shooting van is salt, attorney says, countering FBI suspicion of drugs (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Jason Hanna, Lauren Mascarenhas, Norma Galeana, Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — A substance collected from the van in which Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston last week likely was salt, an attorney for the slain man’s brother said she believes, countering the FBI’s previ…

  11. Blaze Media

    Meth-like substance found in van of illegal alien killed by ICE, FBI says — but Democratic DA disputes (opens Blaze Media)

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    The Federal Bureau of Investigation has claimed in a federal filing that substances that looked like methamphetamines were found in the van of an illegal alien who was shot and killed in Houston. The death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on July 7 by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent led to nat…

  12. Breitbart News

    DOJ: Drugs Found in Van of Illegal Alien Shot by ICE Officer in Houston (opens Breitbart News)

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    The newly appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Aaron Reitz, revealed shocking information about the fatal shooting of a Mexican illegal alien by an ICE officer in Houston last week.

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