Sean Teare

“would have shown steering input, speed, braking for up to 15 seconds before the incident,”

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

Teare said investigators did not ask to retrieve the vehicle's crash recorder data, which would have shown steering input, speed, and braking before the incident.

“This is something they’ve been doing for years, which is consistent with where the baggies were found,”

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

Teare told CNN's Erin Burnett that Salgado Araujo's wife prepared homemade electrolyte mixes for his work crew every morning.

“At the end of this, we’re going to be able to present this case to a grand jury and see what criminal charges are appropriate.”

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

Teare said the case will be presented to a grand jury to determine appropriate criminal charges.

“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.

“looking directly at the actions of that agent, and when we get to the end … we will make a charging decision,”

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

Teare said his office is looking directly at the actions of the agent and will make a charging decision.