An immigration lawyer representing two illegal immigrants who were involved in a recent fatal ICE shooting in Houston has prior domestic abuse and kidnapping charges, documents reveal.Hugo Balderas-Ibarra, a private practice attorney in Texas, represents two of the three passengers who were in a van when Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by a U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent last week.At a press conference after the shooting, Balderas-Ibarra ripped the agency, demanding an immediate release of his clients and accusing ICE agents of lying about the shooting and of "racial profiling." He said that his clients "will forever be physically and emotionally scarred by this killing," adding, "None of these families will ever be whole again."However, a Harris County District Court charging document obtained by Fox News reveals that Balderas-Ibarra is currently out on a $20,000 bond on a felony assault family violence by impeding breathing charge stemming from a 2024 incident.ICE SAYS OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO TRIED TO RAM HIM WITH CAR IN HOUSTONHugo Balderas-Ibarra, a private practice attorney in Texas, represents two of the three passengers who were in a van when Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by a U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent last week.(RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)The document states that the alleged assault took place in 2024 when the victim and Balderas had a dating relationship.
According to the victim, they got into an argument the day she was set to take a flight over something she had seen on his phone.This caused her to pack all her belongings, which Balderas-Ibarra found and took.
The woman took an Uber to the airport.While Balderas-Ibarra agreed to bring her luggage to the airport, once there, the document says he "threw her luggage on the ground," and when she went to pick it up, he "grabbed her by her neck with his left hand." She told investigators that he held her thus...