Attorney Ruby Powers said the substance was granulated salt that is mixed with lemon and water to help workers stay hydrated in extreme Texas heat.

What federal agents thought might be meth in a Houston work van was more likely someone's DIY Gatorade, a lawyer says. Ruby Powers, an attorney for a passenger in the van—whose driver, 52-year-old ...

A substance collected from the van in which Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston last week likely was salt, an attorney for the slain man’s brother said she believes, ...

A lawyer says white crystals that prompted an FBI warrant to search Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's van after he was shot by ICE were salt for hydration, not drugs.