id the encounter began after officers received information from law enforcement partners and conducted surveillance at a target address.

 After receiving a credible tip from our law enforcement partners, our officers conducted surveillance on a target's address. Weeks prior to the incident, they noted two white vans at the property. On July 7, officers were almost at the target's address when they observed a white van with an individual who resembled the target. Officers then initiated the vehicle stop. 

Proaño disputed DHS's account of the encounter.

 100% profiling. There's no question about it,  Proaño said.  They saw two brown people, basically, driving this vehicle. They were casing a 97% Latino community in Magnolia Park. 

ICE agents were not wearing body cameras

DHS has confirmed there is no body camera footage of the incident. The agency attributed the lack of body cameras to what it described as  back-to-back Democrat shutdowns,  saying the funding delays prevented ICE officers from being equipped with the devices.

Without body camera footage, investigators are expected to rely on witness statements, physical evidence, and any available surveillance or cellphone video to determine what happened.

The shooting remains under investigation by federal authorities.

Meanwhile, Salgado Araujo's family and civil rights advocates have challenged parts of the federal government's account of the incident and continue to call for an independent and transparent investigation.

According to Proaño, keeping the three detained men in the United States is critical because they could serve as potential witnesses as investigators seek to establish what happened during the encounter.

 They live in mixed-status family households, and they do not want to bring additional potential legal jeopardy to their family members,  Proaño said.