ICE officer charged with lying to investigators in the shooting of Venezuelan man
The indictment adds to state assault charges after video and witness accounts contradicted Castro’s account of the Jan. 14 shooting.
- Federal prosecutors charged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro with lying to investigators about the January shooting of Venezuelan national Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis during a Minneapolis immigration crackdown earlier this year.
- Prosecutors previously dropped charges against Sosa-Celis and another man after video evidence contradicted claims they beat an officer with a broom handle and snow shovel during the encounter.
- Minnesota authorities separately charged Castro with assault and false reporting related to the same shooting, though he remains in Texas after the governor refused to sign an extradition warrant last week.
- The investigation into officer conduct began after authorities determined initial reports of the encounter were potentially fabricated, shifting focus from the accused men to law enforcement accountability.
- A recent AP-NORC poll found only 39% of U.S. adults approve of the administration's immigration performance, down from 49% earlier this year, reflecting broader public skepticism.
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Criminal charges against ICE agent for lying and wounding migrant. A federal grand jury indicted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Christian Castro on six criminal charges. The officer shot 24-year-old Venezuelan migrant Julio Sosa Celis in the leg in Minneapolis. Following the incident, […]
U.S. federal prosecutors have indicted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Christian Castro for lying in an investigation into the wounding of a Venezuelan man during anti-immigrant protests in Minneapolis earlier this year, a source familiar with the matter told the AP on condition of anonymity.
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has been indicted federally for lying about the circumstances leading up to the wounding of a Venezuelan migrant earlier this year.
Federal prosecutors charge TX ICE officer MN failed to extradite
Federal prosecutors have reportedly charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant during the Trump administration’s January immigration crackdown in Minnesota. Christian Castro, who is accused of shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the thigh during the Jan. 14 incident, has reportedly been charged with making false statements to federal investigators, […]
ICE agent appears to point gun at person filming him in Queens
An ICE agent pointed a presumably loaded gun at a Queens resident filming them on Wednesday, just one day after U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened to send more immigration agents into New York City. Sources said the confrontation unfolded during the afternoon of Sept. 2 on 24th Avenue between 97th and 98th…
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