In Texas, a key witness in the Houston ICE fatal shooting of 52-year-old Mexican father Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is speaking out after his release from an ICE jail. Surveillance footage and witness accounts have repeatedly refuted ICE claims that Salgado had attempted to assault ICE agents when he was shot in the abdomen and killed. Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego was a passenger in Salgado’s van. He spoke to CNN last week.

Ed Lavandera: “Did Lorenzo threaten ICE agents?”

Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego: “That’s a lie. At no point, neither behind nor in
front.”

Ed Lavandera: “At no point were the ICE agents in front or behind?”

Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego: “Lorenzo never did that.”