Mexico Files Criminal Complaints Over 17 Deaths In ICE Custody
Fourteen died inside detention centers, three during operations, among them Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, shot by agents in Houston.
- Sheinbaum's government already sent 11 formal protest notes to Washington before this filing.
- Civil cease-and-desist letters target the private companies that run ICE's contracted detention facilities.
- Mexico also petitioned the UN's Volker Türk and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Why it matters: The complaints ask Washington's own Justice Department to judge the same agency it oversees.
Presidencia de la República (gob.mx) press release ↗ · Jul 12, 20267/12/26