Van Passengers Challenge ICE Shooting Claim | Salt Lake City News

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 23, 2026 · 2m

Two van passengers are testifying in federal court that ICE officers were never in danger during the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — a U.S. resident for 35 years with no criminal record — and are calling the government’s self-defense claim a lie. The officers’ version says Salgado tried to run them over, but witnesses insist he had already put the van in park and the officers were only on the sides. All three men with Salgado that morning are now in immigration detention, filing lawsuits claiming their imprisonment is unconstitutional. Their lawyer argues their detention is…