Minnesota prosecutors obtain withheld evidence in immigration agents' killings

Key facts

• Minnesota prosecutors obtained previously withheld evidence, including hard drives and a car.
• The evidence pertains to the protest shooting deaths of immigration agents Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
• The Trump administration provided the evidence after months of delay.
• Houston prosecutors are facing similar difficulties obtaining information from federal officials regarding the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
• Federal officers claim Salgado Araujo rammed an ICE vehicle, prompting a shooting.
• The identities and locations of ICE officers involved in Salgado Araujo's death are unknown to local prosecutors.

Minnesota prosecutors have obtained previously withheld evidence, including hard drives and a car, in investigations into the protest shooting deaths of immigration agents Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The Trump administration provided the materials after months of delay, drawing criticism from local officials. Minnesota prosecutors stated it took over half a year for federal officials to hand over the materials, with one prosecutor calling it a 'major course correction' needed from the federal government.

Similar concerns about obtaining critical information from federal officials were echoed by prosecutors in Houston, who are investigating the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national. The Department of Homeland Security acknowledged officers stopped Salgado Araujo while looking for someone else, but maintains he rammed an ICE vehicle, prompting an officer to fire in self-defense. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare stated his office does not know the identities or whereabouts of the ICE officers involved in Salgado Araujo's death.

In another incident, federal officers claimed a Colombian national killed in Maine tried to use his vehicle as a weapon against officers pursuing him for deportation.