Mexico's ‌government plans to file criminal complaints in the U.S. regarding Mexican citizens who died in immigration custody or while being targeted in anti-immigration operations, Foreign ‌Minister Roberto Velasco said on Thursday.

Fourteen ​Mexican nationals have lost their lives while in the custody of U.S. ⁠Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and three more ​died in arrest operations conducted by the ⁠agency, Velasco told a press conference.

"We are going to move beyond the diplomatic sphere and go directly to ‌U.S. prosecutors to file complaints ​regarding these incidents, requesting ‌that they are investigated as criminal matters," Velasco said.

On ‌Tuesday, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, a Mexican ⁠national living in the ‌U.S. illegally ⁠for three decades.

His killing, which sparked protests in ⁠Houston, ⁠brought to at least six the number of people shot ‌dead in immigration enforcement operations since January 2025, when President Donald Trump returned to office and launched ‌a ​campaign of ‌mass deportations.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice didn't immediately respond ​to a request for comment.