Lorenzo Salgado Araujo shot and killed by ICE agent in Houston, authorities confirm: Live updates

The substance found in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's van was "not a narcotic or any other illicit substance," according to Rep. Sylvia Garcia and attorney Ruby Powers.

"As his family has said all along, this was an electrolyte powder to stay hydrated while working outside in the hot Texas summer. The attempt to cast a shadow over Lorenzo Salgado's name has failed," Garcia said on social media.

The Harris County District Attorney's Office later confirmed Garcia's claim that the substance was not drugs, adding that testing found the substance tested negative for narcotics. The DA's office did not comment further as the investigation is ongoing.

Ruby Powers, attorney for the Salgado family, said in a statement that the family confirmed the latest testing, and they were told that DPS has the results.

Powers' statement read in part:

The preliminary report is already clear: the substance was not a controlled substance. An unproven claim was allowed to circulate before it was tested, and the way it was made public did real damage, diverting attention from what actually matters in this case. Lorenzo was shot, and no lab report answers for that.

Powers called for Victor, Lorenzo's brother, to be released from ICE custody and emphasized the family's demand for an independent investigation and accountability.

The FBI, which is conducting the federal probe into the deadly shooting, has not yet released any details about what exactly it found the substance in Araujo's van to be.

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A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to halt the deportation of a witness in the deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE agents in Houston's East End, according to court documents.

On Tuesday, the judge issued the ruling for Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego, a passenger in Salgado Araujo's van at the time of the shooting on July 7, after his attorney filed a petition asking for his release, court documents revealed.

According to court documents, the order said Rojas Pliego cannot be deported or transferred to an ICE facility outside the Southern District of Texas, while the petition is pending, without the court's permission.

Rojas Pliego's attorney sent a statement that read in part:

"We are pleased with the Stay grant. The judge has made the right decision following the law, our clients are cooperating with the authorities and we trust that they will be released soon and reunited with their families after this traumatic ordeal."

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After a man was killed by ICE agents in Houston, Harris County is conducting its own investigation and turning to Minneapolis for guidance.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said when she heard Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Houston on July 7, her heart sank.

After navigating how to investigate the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were both killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis in separate incidents six months ago, Moriarty said she knew what Harris County prosecutors would be up against in their own investigation.

Moriarty said after Good was killed on January 7, she was on a call with federal and state investigators - something she said is typical in these types of incidents where they conduct joint investigations.

Soon, she said she learned the collaborative efforts she had been used to with federal partners were going to be different for the deaths of Good and later Pretti.

"The federal government took Renee Good's car and the gun that was involved and took that evidence away, would not share it with us," Moriarty said.

She said the county did several things it had never done before, including opening up a public portal to solicit video and evidence from the public. She said they received more than 1,000 submissions related to the deaths of Good and Pretti.

They also filed a lawsuit against the federal government to preserve evidence.

"We are really building the plane as we are flying it because much of this was new to us, and so it was a lot of creative problem solving as we went along," Moriarty said.

Six months after the shootings, Moriarty was finally able to get evidence after the federal government had been refusing to turn it over.

Amid that victory for her prosecutors, Moriarty said she's been in contact with Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare as he navigates a similar issue of lack of evidence from federal agencies related to Salgado Araujo's death last week in Houston.

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People from across the Houston area paid their respects to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent last week.

More than a week after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's shooting death involving an ICE agent, people from across the Houston area gathered to pay their respects.

A public viewing was held Thursday at the Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home.

"You have seen the photographs - you have seen his family through the media, but it's very different being up close, and the emotions just overwhelm you," Dayana Iza, who attended the memorial, told ABC13.

"It's very emotional to see him. It's been emotional since it started," Gina Danielsen added.

On the same day, a top federal prosecutor made his first public comments on the shooting and released the timeline of events his office has been provided with.

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The Texas Rangers also announced their own investigation into the shooting on Thursday. Their former chief, Chance Collins, said it could take months to piece together all of the evidence.