Witness in ICE Shooting Death Case Released from Detention
Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego, a witness to the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston by an ICE agent, has been released from ICE detention, while the other two passengers in the van remain detained.
Houston, TX, July 29, 2026 —
Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego, a witness to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Houston, has been released from ICE detention. The incident involving the death of Salgado Araujo occurred in Houston.
Rojas Pliego was a passenger in the van at the time of the shooting. While Rojas Pliego has since been released, two other individuals who were also passengers in the van at the time of the incident remain in ICE detention. Further details regarding the names of the other two detained passengers were not immediately available.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent are under investigation. Information regarding the specific date of the incident, the identity of the ICE agent involved, and the official cause of death for Salgado Araujo has not been provided in the available summary.
The legal status of Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego prior to his detention and release was not specified. Similarly, the reasons for the continued detention of the other two passengers were not provided.
Story summarized from the original created by Bianca Seward, Michael Adkison on www.houstonpublicmedia.org, see more information here.
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