Castro calls the shooting a cold-blooded killing
U.S. representative for Texas’s 20th congressional district
“The more evidence that comes out, the clearer it becomes that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered in cold blood by agents of the United States government.”
Source and context
Official statement
About this source
Official transcript of Castro's remarks directly condemning the shooting and challenging ICE's self-defense account.
Official statement
About this source
Official caucus recap preserving attributed remarks from Al Green, Joaquin Castro, Ronaldo Salgado and other participants, plus the negative narcotics-test result.
Before the quotation
At the Houston oversight forum, Castro addressed the Salgado family and discussed the publicly available evidence and absence of body-camera or dash-camera footage.
After the quotation
He argued that ICE had smeared Salgado Araujo and called for accountability and justice.
How this statement is classified
Responding to: The ICE officer fired in self-defense after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo attempted to run over an officer with his van.
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
The fixed reference point is the fatal shooting. Castro’s description of it as murder in cold blood is an explicit rejection of the claim that the force was justified.
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