Minnesota Arrests ICE Officer in 24-Year-Old's Shooting, Pursuing State Case After Texas Extradition Fight
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Updated · CNN · Sep 17
Minnesota Arrests ICE Officer in 24-Year-Old's Shooting, Pursuing State Case After Texas Extradition Fight
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Sep 17
Summary
Christian Castro was jailed without bond in Hennepin County after Minnesota agents arrested him on an outstanding warrant charging assault and false reporting over the January shooting of 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.
Prosecutors say Castro shot Sosa-Celis in the leg through a Minneapolis home's front door, then falsely claimed he had been attacked with a broom handle and snow shovel before firing.
The arrest puts Castro on parallel legal tracks: a state court hearing Thursday and a federal court appearance Friday on separate charges that he lied to investigators; his lawyers say he will plead not guilty federally.
The case has become a jurisdiction fight between Minnesota and the Trump administration after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott refused extradition, and marks the first Justice Department prosecution of a federal officer tied to Operation Metro Surge.