2nd witness to deadly Houston ICE shooting released from detention, attorney says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The second man who witnessed the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was released from custody on Wednesday, according to his attorney.

This comes a day after a federal judge ordered that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security release Daniel Tirado Pantoja.

Records show the documents were filed on Monday and stated that Pantoja must be released from custody within 48 hours of the order. According to the order, authorities must release Pantoja in a public space in the Southern District of Texas, and his lawyers must be given three hours' notice of his release.

By Wednesday afternoon, Pantoja's attorney told ABC13 he had been released. No additional details were provided.

Pantoja is the second of three witnesses to Araujo's shooting death to be ordered to be released by a federal judge. In July, a federal order released Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego from ICE detention.

Pantoja and Rojas Pliego were passengers in Araujo's van when ICE officers began following the vehicle before fatally shooting him.

The third witness, Salgado Araujo's brother, Victor Hugo Salgado Araujo, is still detained. Similar to Pantoja and Rojas Pliego, Victor Hugo Salgado Araujo has filed a petition to be released from immigration detention.

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