FBI Tests 2 Crystal-Like Bags From 52-Year-Old Man's Van as Family Says They Were Salt
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Updated · The Texas Tribune · Jul 16
FBI Tests 2 Crystal-Like Bags From 52-Year-Old Man's Van as Family Says They Were Salt
3 articles · Updated · The Texas Tribune · Jul 16
Summary
Federal investigators are testing crystal-like material seized from Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van after an FBI warrant application said the small plastic bags could contain methamphetamine.
Ruby Powers, lawyer for the front passenger and the family, said the substance was granulated salt carried with lemon and water as a homemade electrolyte mix for outdoor work in Texas heat.
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare also cast doubt on the meth suspicion and said the FBI should release test results immediately; court records did not show Thursday whether testing was complete.
The dispute has sharpened scrutiny of the July 7 shooting, in which Salgado Araujo — a 52-year-old Houston-area worker with no criminal record — was killed by an immigration agent despite not being the intended ICE target.
The FBI is examining whether a federal officer was assaulted, while the DHS inspector general and Harris County are separately investigating the fatal shooting.