“that the federal government is going to try to use the fact that they believe narcotics … was present in the car to try to remove (the passengers in Salgado Araujo’s van) from the country, which is one of the reasons that we’ve already certified that all three of those individuals are material witnesses in a death investigation,”

Sean Teare · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-15

Teare expressed concern that the federal government might use the believed presence of narcotics to remove the van's passengers from the country.