ICE agent Minnesota shooting and extradition dispute
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ICE officer pleads not guilty to lying about shooting and is released
Castro was suspended from ICE in February while authorities pursued an investigation.
The federal indictment says Castro told an FBI agent that a man grabbed a red broom and began hitting him with it while he was trying to detain another man outside a Minneapolis home.
Sosa-Celis' attorney Robin Wolpert said Castro's statements were made to cover up the fact that he shot her client through the door of an occupied house without a self-defense justification.
Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer in Minnesota shooting
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Evans was investigating ICE officer Christian Castro for possible civil rights crimes related to the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant.
Four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News that Evans was fired.
A month after Aljorna and Sosa-Celis were charged, the Justice Department said newly discovered evidence was materially inconsistent with the allegations against them.
ICE officer pleads not guilty to lying about Minneapolis shooting
Christian Castro faces six charges of making materially false statements to investigators.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has refused to extradite Castro to Minnesota.
A judge ordered Castro released on a $75,000 unsecured bond and required him to wear an ankle monitor.
DOJ charges ICE officer with lying after Minneapolis shooting of Venezuelan man
Sosa-Celis's attorney Robin Wolpert said the evidence strongly supports civil rights charges and that the federal government has grossly undercharged the case.
Video released by the city of Minneapolis showed Sosa-Celis dropping the shovel and both men running inside as an agent fired in their direction.
The Trump administration launched what it called 'Operation Metro Surge' in the Twin Cities in early December 2025.
ICE agent charged with perjury regarding Minnesota shooting
The bullet struck one person in the leg and made its final impact in the wall of a child's room.
Minnesota's top prosecutor Keith Ellison welcomed the federal charges but said the indictment did not reflect the full seriousness of the violent crimes Castro is charged with in Minnesota.
Castro was one of thousands of federal immigration officers deployed to Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge.
“not reflect the full seriousness of the violent crimes that he is charged with in Minnesota”
Ex-ICE agent charged over shooting freed by Texas authorities
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a request for a temporary restraining order to block Castro's anticipated release.
Abbott argued he is waiting for the outcome of an internal state investigation into whether Castro was legally a fugitive under the Extradition Clause, according to lawyers for the state of Texas.
Beginning in December, Trump orchestrated a large-scale deployment of federal agents to Minnesota that lasted less than three months.
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Abbott cited continuing investigations of fraud in government social service programs in Minnesota as a reason for not responding to the extradition request.
The victim of the shooting was 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.
Minnesota's attorney general Keith Ellison sued Texas governor Greg Abbott to stop Texas from releasing Castro until his extradition.
US judge declines Minnesota's effort to force Texas to extradite ICE agent
Castro and another agent accused Sosa-Celis and another man of assaulting federal authorities with a broom handle and snow shovel, but those allegations were disproven by video of the incident.
Under Texas law, the state cannot hold the subject of an extradition order for more than 90 days, after which the suspect must be transferred or released.
A US judge denied Minnesota's request to compel the extradition of ICE agent Christian Castro from Texas.