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Mexican President Sheinbaum Calls for Criminal Probes into the Deaths of Mexicans in the U.S.

HeadlineJul 14, 2026

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is calling for criminal investigations into the deaths of 17 Mexicans in the United States amid President Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown. Fourteen of the Mexicans died in immigration detention, while three were killed by U.S. agents — including Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston last week. Sheinbaum spoke Monday in Mexico City.

President Claudia Sheinbaum: “I want to tell you that today the Foreign Ministry will file complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice and state prosecutors’ offices in the United States over the deaths of 17 Mexican nationals, including the most recent one who was practically executed.”

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