Joaquin Castro
Role at the time: U.S. representative speaking on the House floor
Condemned
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.”
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Why we used this label
Calling the death a murder is an explicit condemnation of the use of deadly force.