Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that her government would take every possible step in response to the deaths of Mexican citizens during U.S. immigration enforcement, declaring that inaction was not an option. Her remarks followed the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican construction worker, by an ICE officer in Houston this week. Mexico announced it would file criminal charges, though carrying no legal force, with U.S. state prosecutors and the Department of Justice, and pursue civil suits against companies running detention centers, according to Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco. The move escalates already strained U.S.-Mexico relations as trade negotiations continue and immigration policies remain contested. Sheinbaum said Mexico could not stay silent while its citizens die.