Three Deaths in one Week. Take Action This Weekend!
Two fathers were shot by ICE agents, and a third man died fleeing an enforcement operation. Find a protest near you and show up July 17–19.
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This week, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. A 52-year-old husband, father of three sons and construction-business owner, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston’s Magnolia Park on July 7 while driving his crew to a job site. He was not the person agents were looking for. The Harris County medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.
Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. A 25-year-old father of a 3-year-old girl, shot and killed by an ICE agent in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13. He was also not the target either. The agents involved were not wearing body cameras.
Then yesterday morning, a third name we still don’t know of a 28-year-old man in St. Augustine, Florida, one of four people who ran when ICE and Homeland Security Investigations agents confronted their parked car at a gas station. He was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer as he fled across State Road 16. Authorities have not released his name, and it happened the same day the administration told ICE to pause most vehicle stops.
Three deaths from ICE enforcement encounters in one week.
This weekend, from Friday, July 17, through Sunday, July 19, communities across the country are taking action. They’re honoring John Lewis, defending voting rights and demanding an end to an agency whose operations keep leaving people dead.
What is happening this weekend
Six years after the death of Congressman John Lewis, the Good Trouble Lives On national weekend of action runs Friday through Sunday under the theme “Teach! Reach! Preach!”
Friday is Teach: teach-ins, civic education, and community discussions.
Saturday is Reach: rallies, marches, voter registration, and outreach, with actions planned nationwide.
Sunday is Preach: interfaith services centered on civic responsibility and voting rights.
The campaign is anchored by voting rights, organized by groups including 50501, the Transformative Justice Coalition, Black Voters Matter, Indivisible, and the Declaration for American Democracy coalition, with hundreds of thousands expected to participate
Every Good Trouble event is required to be nonviolent, lawful, and weapons-free.
Good Trouble Lives On is nationally anchored in voting rights, civic education and defending the civil rights John Lewis spent his life fighting for.
But after ICE agents killed Lorenzo and Johan, two fathers who were not even the targets of the operations, and after a third man died fleeing an ICE encounter in Florida the very next day, many communities will also carry demands for ICE accountability and abolition into this weekend’s actions.
These fights are not separate.
The government attacking voting rights is the same government unleashing masked federal agents into our communities, conducting dangerous vehicle stops and defending deadly force before the public has even seen the evidence.
Look at the map.
The national map will tell you something is being planned however, your local organizers tell you where your community is actually meeting up.
A pin on the map might be one volunteer’s listing, the bigger gathering your neighbors are planning might be ten miles away, outside an ICE facility, at a courthouse, in a church parking lot, or on an overpass in the next town over.
Anyone can add an event to a national map without knowing what local coalitions have already decided
Do both:
Open the Good Trouble Lives On map and the Mobilize event finder. Search your town, your county, and the nearest city.
Then check your local groups, 50501 group, Indivisible chapter, immigrant rights organization, or the community groups you already trust. Ask where the meetup point is.
And if you check everything and the nearest action is still just you? Showing up alone is bravery. One person with a sign on a rural highway reaches hundreds of cars. Some of the most important protests in this movement have started exactly that way. But if you are hoping to stand in a crowd, confirm where the crowd will be before you leave home.
Maine: you are showing up and we are all watching
Within hours of Johan’s killing, hundreds of people gathered in Biddeford and Portland. About 85 people demonstrated in Bangor, more than 80 gathered in Waterville, and more than 250 protested outside the ICE facility in Scarborough on Tuesday, the largest crowd organizers say that facility has ever seen.
Maine saw that ICE took another life and took to the streets. Within a day of Johan’s killing, the administration directed ICE to suspend most vehicle stops nationwide.
This weekend, Maine communities are folding that grief and fury into Good Trouble actions across the state. Gatherings are being announced quickly and are changing quickly, so check the Good Trouble map alongside the organizations closest to this fight:
The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition runs a statewide ICE response hotline at 207-544-9989 and an immigrant resource hub with multilingual know your rights materials.
Presente! Maine, an immigrant-led organization supporting Maine’s Latino community and helping lead the response to Johan’s killing, is an important source for community-led action announcements.
The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project provides free immigration legal help across Maine.
Don’t assume the biggest Maine gathering will be in Biddeford, and don’t assume it won’t be. Check before you go, and check again the morning of
Houston: the movement for Lorenzo is not slowing down
Houston has been in the streets since July 8. Marches through the East End. Vigils on Canal Street where Lorenzo was killed. Over a hundred people outside City Hall this past Saturday demanding an independent investigation, and elected officials from the Harris County DA to members of Congress refusing to let the case disappear.
Houston organizers move fast, and new actions are often announced only days or hours ahead through community networks. For this weekend, watch FIEL Houston, LULAC, Houston area labor unions, and the Good Trouble map, and verify dates carefully. Flyers from the July 8 through 12 actions are still circulating and can be mistaken for new events.
The Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative hotline is 1-833-468-4664 for anyone who needs help locating a detained loved one or finding free legal assistance in Greater Houston
Two more dates for your calendar:
Wednesday, July 15 at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT: the national Justice4Lorenzo&Johan: Day of Action and Accountability Movement Call, featuring Lorenzo’s loved ones, case updates, and planning for vigils on or around July 25.
On and around Saturday, July 25: coordinated community vigils nationwide. More info to come.
Support the families directly
Both families have verified fundraisers.
Justice and Support for Johan Sebastián’s Family: Funds are entrusted to Johan’s sister and will help cover legal expenses, funeral and repatriation costs, and continuing support for his wife and daughter.
In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: Organized by the LULAC Institute to support funeral and legal expenses and provide ongoing help for Lorenzo’s wife and three sons.
Fake fundraisers often pop up after national tragedies.
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Before you go checklist for this weekend
Confirm the listing says 2026. Old Good Trouble flyers from last year rank high in search results.
Confirm the organizer posted the same time and place on a live page or active account.
Read the ACLU protesters’ rights guide.
Print a few Know Your Rights red cards to hand out. They’re available in multiple languages and help people clearly invoke their constitutional rights when immigration agents come to their homes, workplaces or communities.
Whatever you can do is enough
If you can march: pick your event, invite others, and show up to an event this weekend.
If you can’t be in a crowd: consider donating to the family funds above, join Wednesday’s movement call from your couch, print red cards for your neighborhood, or share the verified maps and links..
If all you have is your voice: tell people about Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, tell them what happened.
If you have a protest sign ready or if you have protest sign ideas, share them in the comments to help inspire others.
To Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who lived in Houston for more than thirty-five years, built homes for a living and was beginning another morning of work when ICE took his life.
And to Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, who rose early for his wife and little girl and never made it home.
And to the man in St. Augustine whose name we don’t yet know. We will learn your name, and we will say it too.
You should all be alive. We will say your names across this country.
ICE keeps killing, lying, and avoiding any accountability.
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