On the record · Updated October 18, 2026
son of the victim
13 things Ronaldo Salgado said, verbatim, from July 9, 2026 to July 17, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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“I recognised him immediately, not from his appearance, but from his voice, crying for help as he lay on the street,”
on identifying a man by his voice after ICE's fatal shooting in Houston
BBC News Texas will investigate ICE's fatal shooting of man in Houston, governor says ›
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“He wanted people to achieve the American dream, just like he gave us the opportunity to achieve the American dream, to become college educated, to become family men, men of good character,”
on his father, whom sons say ICE killed, and his belief in the American dream
Politics - CBSNews.com Sons say they learned father was killed by ICE through video, news reports ›
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“This is a man who provided for us, who provided for my mom. He promised my mom that she would never have to work because he got us. So that’s how I want the world to remember my dad.”
on the legacy of a Houston man killed by ICE, per his son
MSNBC Son of Houston man killed by ICE shares what he sees as his father’s legacy ›
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“We’ve spoken many times as a family together on … what should happen in the event ICE detained him. There was a way for him to come back home to us had those vehicles been properly marked.”
on ICE vehicles not being properly marked during his father's fatal detention in Houston
MSNBC Son of Houston man killed by ICE shares what he sees as his father’s legacy ›
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“He deserved to live a quiet life as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a husband, father and a job creator for dozens of men who also wanted the American Dream,”
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“This is outrageous to me, and this is ridiculous to hear that no one in that van was a target of any sort of investigation,”
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“He knew not to sign anything. He knew that the first phone call he should make should be either to myself or to my mom. So that way we can get the process started of getting him out.”
on his father, a Mexican builder fatally shot by an ICE officer
Associated Press Mexican builder fatally shot by an ICE officer is mourned after making a life in the US ›
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“I have not heard from them, but I hope that they are able to provide their own statements to prove that my father feared for his life as unmarked cars followed my dad, who only wanted to get back to work and back to us,”
on the family's account of unmarked cars following his father before his death
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“He did not deserve to die. He did not deserve to be reduced to a headline of Mexican man shot and killed by ICE. He deserved to live a quiet life as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a husband, a father and a job creator for dozens of men who also wanted the American dream,”
PBS News Hour - Politics A Mexican father was shot and killed by an ICE officer. His son is demanding an independent probe ›
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“We dotted every I, crossed every T, filled every document, attended every appointment. He was close to obtaining his legal status.”
on Salgado Araujo's immigration compliance before his death
PBS NewsHour ICE officer shoots and kills Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston ›
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“He did not deserve to die,”
on the unjustified killing of someone who was not the arrest target
US politics | The Guardian Man killed by ICE agents not intended target of immigration arrest, DHS says ›
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