during a federal immigration enforcement operation and the detention of the two passengers who were in the vehicle with him. Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia speaks during a news conference in Houston on Friday, July 10, 2026, regarding the officer-involved shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation and the detention of the two passengers who were in the vehicle with him. Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare speaks during a news conference in Houston on Friday, July 10, 2026, regarding the officer-involved shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation and the detention of the two passengers who were in the vehicle with him. Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle U.S. Rep. Al Green speaks during a news conference in Houston on Friday, July 10, 2026, regarding the officer-involved shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a federal immigration enforcement operation and the detention of the two passengers who were in the vehicle with him. Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle

The attorney representing two of the workers who were detained after Houston's fatal ICE shooting earlier this week said their version of events is  extremely different  from ICE's explanation and fears they could be pressured to leave the country.

Houston immigration attorney Hugo Balderas-Ibarra demanded that ICE release his clients from the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe as federal and county officials investigate the shooting that killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Magnolia Park Tuesday. Balderas-Ibarra is representing Daniel Tirado Pantoja and identified his other client as Jose.

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Jose Rojas, a 51-year-old Mexican national who has lived in the U.S. for decades, was among those detained, according to the Associated Press.

Balderas-Ibarra said he's worried his clients may be pressured into signing documents authorizing their  voluntary departure. 

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 It is extremely important that we preserve the integrity of this investigation,  Balderas-Ibarra said at a press conference on Friday.  That will all be out the window if they are deported. 

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ICE said Salgado evaded arrest, rammed an agency vehicle and tried running over an ICE agent, but Balderas-Ibarra said the workers who were in Salgado's van have an  extremely different  account. They told the attorney that an ICE agent was never standing in front of their vehicle, or even within a direct line of it.

 I believe my clients are telling the truth,  Balderas-Ibarra said.