Mexico president declares intent to file criminal charges over deaths in US immigration custody

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : When addressing the press during Thursday's conference, Mexico's Foreign Secretary Robert Velasco stated that a request will also be made to the UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, to demand protection for nationals in ICE custody.
41% : Most recently, on Tuesday, an ICE agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican national living in the US without legal documentation for three decades.
37% : His killing, which sparked protests in Houston -- where Araujo lived for nearly thirty-five years -- and throughout Mexico, marked at least six people shot dead in ICE operations since early 2025, when US President Donald Trump returned to office and launched a campaign of mass deportations.
29% : At least 14 Mexican nationals have died while in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and three more have reportedly died in arrest operations conducted by the agency.

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