Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott on 18 August 2026 to compel extradition of ICE agent Christian Castro, charged with four counts of second-degree assault and falsely reporting a crime. Castro was arrested in Texas in May but remained unarraigned as of late August.
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Attorney General Keith Ellison says Texas Governor Greg Abbott has not signed papers to extradite Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro since his arrest in Texas in May.
The ICE agent, Christian Castro, was charged in May with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime, according to the Minnesota AG.
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apnews.com/article/minn... Minnesota's attorney general is suing the governor of Texas, asking a federal judge to compel the extradition of a federal immigration agent charged with wounding a man and then lying about it during ...
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clicksp.doseofdemocracy.com/f/a/TzZ6StqC... Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is demanding extradition of an ICE agent facing charges in Minneapolis.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott seems to think he gets a say in who Minnesota arrests and charges, but he absolutely the hell does not. So Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing him to pry loose a criminal. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... Texas Gov. Greg Abbott seems to think he gets a say in who Minnesota arrests and charges, but he absolutely the hell does not. So Minnesota Attorney General K
Minnesota sues Abbott to force extradition of ICE agent accused of shooting Venezuelan man www.texastribune.org/2026/08/18/m... Christian Castro, accused of assault and lying about the circumstance leading to the Jan. 14 shooting, was arrested in Cameron County in May.
NPR: 'Minnesota sues Texas over ICE agent's extradition' 'Minnesota is suing Texas to force the extradition of an ICE agent who shot and wounded a man in Minneapolis earlier this year.' www.npr.org/2026/08/19/n... Minnesota is suing Texas to force the extradition of an ICE agent who shot and wounded a man in Minneapolis earlier this year.
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AG Keith Ellison sues Texas governor for failure to extradite ICE agent charged with assault minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/18/a... Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, alleging that Abbott is holding up the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with assault in t...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor in case of ICE agent charged with wounding a man in Minneapolis
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www.democracynow.org/2026/8/20/he... Minnesota’s top prosecutor has sued Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, seeking to force him to extradite an ICE agent to stand trial in Minnesota on felony assault charges — and for falsely report...
Minnesota AG files lawsuit to bring ICE agent back to Minnesota kstp.com/kstp-news/to... Minnesota’s attorney general is suing to bring a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged in a Minneapolis shooting back to the state.
Minnesota AG sues Texas gov to force the state to extradite ICE agent www.politico.com/news/2026/08... An ICE agent arrested in Texas in May has still not been moved to Minnesota to face charges, despite repeated attempts from state officials to compel Greg Abbott to greenlight his extradition.