得州联邦移民执法人员致命枪击案：第二名目击者获释

在得克萨斯州休斯顿发生的一起联邦移民执法人员致命枪击案中，第二名目击者丹尼尔·蒂拉多·潘托哈（Daniel Tirado Pantoja）在被拘押一个多月后，获美国地区法官阿尔弗雷德·贝内特（Alfred Bennett）下令释放 1。法官认定，潘托哈没有犯罪记录，既非潜逃风险也对社区无危险 1。

7月7日，墨西哥籍司机洛伦佐·萨尔加多·阿劳霍（Lorenzo Salgado Araujo）在休斯顿被联邦移民执法人员枪杀，其在美国无合法身份生活了35年 1。国土安全部称萨尔加多·阿劳霍“将车辆武器化”，执法人员系自卫开枪 1。目击者对国土安全部关于事件经过的说法提出质疑，称执法人员车辆曾从后方及驾驶员侧面撞击他们，且萨尔加多·阿劳霍在执法人员开枪时已将车辆挂入停车挡 1。另一名目击者何塞·特立尼达·罗哈斯·普列戈（Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego）已于上月获释，而死者兄弟维克多·萨尔加多（Victor Salgado）仍被拘押并已申请释放 1。

A U.S. district judge has ordered the release of a second witness who was detained for over a month following the fatal shooting of a Mexican national by federal immigration agents in Houston, Texas 1. U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett ordered the release of Daniel Tirado Pantoja, determining that he has no criminal record and poses neither a flight risk nor a danger to the community 1. The shooting occurred on July 7 when federal immigration agents killed the driver, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was a Mexican citizen living in the U.S. without legal status for 35 years 1.

The Department of Homeland Security claimed that Salgado Araujo "weaponized the vehicle" and that the agents fired in self-defense, but witnesses challenged this account 1. Witnesses stated that the agents' vehicles struck them from behind and the side of the driver, and that Salgado Araujo had already shifted his vehicle into park before the agents opened fire 1. While Tirado Pantoja and another witness, Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego, who was released last month, are now free, the victim's brother, Victor Salgado, remains in custody and has applied for his release 1.