Van Substance Wasn't Meth | Dover News

Dover News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 14, 2026 · 1m

Federal tests confirm the white substance found in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van wasn’t meth—it was a homemade electrolyte mix used by his construction crew. The 52-year-old, who’d lived in the U.S. for 35 years and had no criminal record, was shot by immigration officers during a high-speed chase that turned deadly. Despite claims by Homeland Security that he tried to run over an officer, witnesses say the officers were never in danger. The FBI initially reported seeing meth bags, but now it’s clear they were targeting two Guatemalan men in a similar van—raising alarms about a manufactured…