Judge orders ICE shooting witness released from detention

A federal judge ordered U.S. immigration authorities to release Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego, a key witness in the fatal shooting of Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE officer during a Houston traffic stop. The ruling found that Rojas Pliego's continued detention violated his rights.

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