ICE agent arrested over shooting of Venezuelan man in Minnesota [View all]
Source: The Guardian
A federal immigration officer wanted for shooting a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s crackdown in Minnesota was arrested on Friday in Texas, authorities said.
Christian Castro, of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, was taken into custody 11 days after Minneapolis prosecutors charged him with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the 14 January non-fatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.
Hennepin county prosecutors in Minnesota said the state’s bureau of criminal apprehension located Castro, 52, in Texas and worked with agents from the inspector general’s office of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Texas Rangers to arrest him.
“Today’s arrest is a critical step forward in our prosecution of Mr Castro,” the Hennepin county attorney, Mary Moriarty, said.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/29/ice-agent-arrest-minnesota-venezuelan-man-shot
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