{"id":9336,"date":"2026-07-18T06:54:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9336"},"modified":"2026-07-18T06:54:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:54:50","slug":"lawyer-in-texas-ice-shooting-says-drugs-are-really-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9336","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer in Texas ICE Shooting Says &#8216;Drugs&#8217; Are Really &#8216;Salt&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>An unsealed search warrant revealed the FBI accused <strong>Lorenzo Salgado Araujo<\/strong>, the father of three shot to death by an ICE agent in Texas last week, of having bags of what appeared to be drugs in the van at the time of his death.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking to attorney <strong>Ruby L. Powers<\/strong>, who represents Salgado Araujo\u2019s brother, CNN\u2019s Chief National Correspondent <strong>John King<\/strong> said that the substance was allegedly \u201c<span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"148880000\" data-end=\"167900000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">a homemade <\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"167900000\" data-end=\"183240000\"><span class=\"ccHovered\">electrolyte mix.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Salgado Araujo and his brother worked at a construction site, Powers explained. After she was asked when the results of a toxicology test on the substance would be complete, Powers said she hadn\u2019t been given exact information. The shooting of Araujo, a Mexican man whose family said he was working on his legal status, occurred the same week as a fatal ICE shooting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/just-in-one-dead-after-shooting-involving-ice-in-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"281680000\" data-end=\"291020000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">I only know what the DEA\u00a0 had <\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"292350000\" data-end=\"301700000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">said, that it should only take a couple<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"303030000\" data-end=\"318050000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> of days,\u201d she answered. \u201cWe\u2019re hoping <\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"318050000\" data-end=\"360750000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">either later today or Monday. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"362090000\" data-end=\"388120000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">But yes, it definitely was unique<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"389120000\" data-end=\"398460000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> that the warrant was unsealed, and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"399790000\" data-end=\"433490000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">I was concerned<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"434830000\" data-end=\"459850000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> about prejudicing <\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"461190000\" data-end=\"479210000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">public opinion during this time.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After King pointed out the warrant was initially sealed, Powers said she hasn\u2019t been told why it was then unsealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cE<span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"638370000\" data-end=\"648380000\"><span class=\"ccHovered\">xperts have said that<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"648380000\" data-end=\"658390000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> it\u2019s very unusual, of the way<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"658390000\" data-end=\"693750000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> that it was sealed and then unsealed, a<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"695090000\" data-end=\"713440000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">nd I think ultimately, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"714770000\" data-end=\"728460000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">that\u2019s why we came out with the statement<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"728460000\" data-end=\"748480000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> that we did,\u201d she explained. \u201cEven though<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"749140000\" data-end=\"764490000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> it was the day of the visitation<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"768500000\" data-end=\"781840000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> of Lorenzo, and the family<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"783180000\" data-end=\"798530000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> was otherwise detained\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"799530000\" data-end=\"813210000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">with the familiy and the<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"814540000\" data-end=\"823880000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> public\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"825220000\" data-end=\"839230000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">viewing, was because of the impact<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"840570000\" data-end=\"858920000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> on public opinion and just<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"860250000\" data-end=\"873600000\"><span class=\"ccContent\"> wanting to clear my\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ccSpan ccEditWordBreak d-inline-block ml-1\" data-start=\"874930000\" data-end=\"899960000\"><span class=\"ccContent\">client\u2019s name.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was as simple as crystallized salt to put in an electrolyte drink,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><em>The New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/federal-agents-fatally-shot-man-after-mistakenly-believing-he-was-transporting-suspect-report\/\">previously reported<\/a> that the federal agents who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/cnn-airs-disturbing-video-of-houston-man-after-hes-fatally-shot-by-ice-i-want-to-warn-our-viewers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shot<\/a> and killed Salgado Araujo were pursuing someone else. 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