Mexico Files Criminal Charges Against US Over Migrant Custody Deaths

The case of Lorenzo Salgado, a 35-year resident killed by ICE in Houston, pushes a diplomatic rupture into the formal legal register.

Mexico has opened criminal proceedings against United States authorities over the deaths of migrants in ICE custody since January 2025, converting a long-simmering diplomatic grievance into a formal legal action. The announcement, made July 10, does not specify the exact charges or the named defendants, but it draws a jurisdictional line that Washington will almost certainly refuse to recognize. What matters is the filing itself: a sovereign state has entered the record to accuse another of criminal conduct in the handling of foreign nationals.

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