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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Wild stuff; the Trump admin appears to be getting ready to claim that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, shot and killed by ICE on his way to work, had multiple baggies of meth just sitting in plain view on the DASHBOARD for anyone to see. I know the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, but COME ON.

The shooting has come under heavy scrutiny in Houston and nationally. Residents have called for the names of the ICE agents involved in the encounter to be made public.
And since the shooting July 7, there have been numerous demands for an independent investigation.
Special Agent McNeilly wrote in the application that he "inspected the vehicle and observed in plain view several plastic bags with what appeared to be a white crystal-like substance packaged in small plastic bags."

Specifically, the agent said, four bags were visible through the windows, and three bags were seen in the middle of the dashboard.
Another bag was seen on the passenger-side floorboard.
The agent wrote that the packaging was
"consistent with methamphetamine."
The application was signed by Judge
Richard W Bennett, a magistrate judge in the Southern District of Texas.
It was not immediately clear why the van had not been searched earlier, or whether the agents who obtained the search warrant found any drugs inside the van on the day of the shooting. A spokesman for the F.B.I. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Roger Winters, PhD @rawphd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It doesn't matter if every cubic centimeter of the van was filled with meth. Still not an excuse for murder.

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