{"id":2626274,"date":"2026-07-07T19:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-fatally-shoots-illegal-immigrant-in-houston-after-alleged-vehicle-ramming\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T19:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:03:33","slug":"ice-fatally-shoots-illegal-immigrant-in-houston-after-alleged-vehicle-ramming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-fatally-shoots-illegal-immigrant-in-houston-after-alleged-vehicle-ramming\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE fatally shoots illegal immigrant in Houston after alleged vehicle ramming"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fice-fatally-shoots-illegal-immigrant-in-houston-after-alleged-vehicle-ramming%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2626274&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An illegal immigrant, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Houston following a traffic stop that escalated when Araujo tried to drive away and reportedly rammed an ICE vehicle. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-pepper-sprays-man-stalking-him-at-restaurant\/\" title=\"Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Pepper Sprays Man Stalking Him At Restaurant\">incident occurred<\/a> around 7 a.m. in the East End of Houston and is under investigation by the FBI. Araujo allegedly disobeyed multiple commands before attempting to run over an officer with his vehicle, prompting the officer to use lethal force. Araujo died later at the hospital from his injuries. ICE has been active in Houston, with recent operations leading to numerous arrests and seizures. This marks the second incident involving ICE officers under Homeland Security secretary Markwayne Mullin. Past incidents include shootings of other individuals resisting arrest, such as Carlos ivan Mendoza Hernandez and Renee Nicole Good, with claims that their vehicles were used as weapons.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1972\">illegal immigrant<\/a> was shot and killed by a\u00a0U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/houston\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"714\">Houston<\/a> on Tuesday following a traffic stop that led to an alleged vehicle ramming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national, was stopped by ICE officers \u201cas part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sad-joke-border-patrol-union-slams-biden-admin-for-tipping-off-illegals-to-enforcement-operation\/\" title=\"Border Patrol Union criticizes Biden Admin for alerting ...s about enforcement operation.\">targeted enforcement operation<\/a> to arrest an illegal alien\u201d when Araujo attempted to drive away, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4639302\/woman-suspected-monaco-bombing-shot-dead-ukraine\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Woman suspected in Monaco bombing found shot dead in Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4638738\/dc-pipe-bomber-ineligible-trump-jan-6-pardon-judge\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Suspected DC pipe bomber ineligible for Trump\u2019s Jan. 6 pardon: Judge<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4638589\/andrew-gillum-arrest-drug-charge\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Former DeSantis foe Andrew Gillum arrested on drug charges<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Araujo then \u201crammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle\u201d in an \u201cattempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense,\u201d according to ICE, which also said Araujo failed to follow multiple commands before he weaponized his vehicle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Araujo was shot during the exchange, and ICE said <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >officers immediately contacted<\/a> first responders, but Araujo later died at the hospital as a result of his injuries. The shooting took place around 7 a.m. in the East End of Houston, and the FBI is leading the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICE has maintained a presence in Houston for several months, with the agency claiming to have arrested 735 illegal immigrants in the Texas city in May. ICE\u2019s Homeland Security Investigations, in collaboration with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Houston Police Department, conducted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-major-motion-in-response-to-mar-a-lago-raid\/\" title=\"Trump Announces \u201cMajor Motion... in Response to Mar-a-Lago Raid\">seizure operation<\/a> in April that intercepted 12,000 suspected counterfeit items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday\u2019s shooting marks the second ICE officer-involved incident under <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3083\">Homeland Security<\/a> Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/markwayne-mullin\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21441\">Markwayne Mullin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4637322\/man-sues-dhs-tracking-him-down-email-compared-todd-lyons-nazi\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4637322\/man-sues-dhs-tracking-him-down-email-compared-todd-lyons-nazi\/\">MAN SUES DHS FOR TRACKING HIM DOWN AFTER EMAIL COMPARING TODD LYONS TO A NAZI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICE officers shot Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez during an attempted arrest in April. Hernandez survived the shooting, and acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said he was an illegal immigrant and a gang member. Lyons claimed Hernandez \u201cweaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over,\u201d which led ICE officers to fire in self-defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before Mullin took over, ICE officers shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis in January when she attempted to drive away from an interaction during a protest. At the time, DHS claimed Good had also used her vehicle as a weapon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illegal immigrant shot dead by ICE in Houston after vehicle ramming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2626275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/POLICE-ICE--e1781540913187.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[13866,8364,49347,51050,3699],"class_list":["post-2626274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-houston","tag-ice","tag-immigration-enforcement","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-violence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/POLICE-ICE--e1781540913187.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2626274"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2626278,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626274\/revisions\/2626278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2626275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2626274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2626274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2626274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}