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Disputes over the policies, conduct, and oversight of law enforcement agencies.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
2 statements on this page. Dates: July 24, 2026 to September 1, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: July 24, 2026 to September 1, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: July 24, 2026 to September 1, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: July 24, 2026 to September 1, 2026
2 statements on this page. Dates: July 24, 2026 to September 1, 2026
Role at the time: U.S. representative speaking on the House floor
Statement summary
Castro named Martinez among people he said ICE had murdered.
“Let us remember the names of those whom ICE has murdered. The first one was a San Antonian, Ruben Ray Martinez. There was another Texan, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo of Houston. Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero—these folks were victims of the ICE murders.”
Khanna's post on his official Threads account (@rokhannausa), which matches the handle pattern of his verified Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook accounts. Read on 2026-09-22; Threads does not expose an independent API for verifying exact post timestamps the way X does, so the time is approximate (the platform showed "2h" ago at the time of access) rather than to the minute.
Calling the death a murder is an explicit condemnation of the use of deadly force.
Role at the time: U.S. representative for Texas’s 20th congressional district
Response to this claim
The ICE officer fired in self-defense after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo attempted to run over an officer with his van.
“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.”
Official transcript of Castro's remarks directly condemning the shooting and challenging ICE's self-defense account.
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.
