Federal prosecutors charged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro with lying to investigators about the September 2026 shooting of Venezuelan national Julio Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. An indictment unsealed on September 4 alleged Castro falsely claimed he was attacked with a broom and shovel before firing; Castro pleaded not guilty and was released from custody.
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Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown earlier this year.
Federal prosecutors have charged a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown earlier this year, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person was not authorised to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. The perso
Julio Sosa-Celis, who was shot in the leg by Christian Castro and survived, was one of three people shot by federal immigration agents during Trump’s ‘Operation Metro Surge’ A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer has been indicted on charges of lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown earlier
A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Christian Castro in the January shooting that left Julio Cesar Sosa Celis with a gunshot wound in one of his legs.
An immigration officer is facing federal charges for making false statements about the shooting of a Venezuelan migrant during the Trump administration’s deportation crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year, several outlets reported. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Christian Castro was in custody in Texas on Thursday evening after a federal grand jury indicted Castro...
Federal authorities allege that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer falsely told investigators he was being attacked with a broom and shovel before he shot and wounded a Venezuelan man during the Minnesota immigration crackdown last winter.
The federal indictment against ICE officer Christian Castro has been unsealed, detailing charges accusing him of lying to investigators about a north Minneapolis shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in January.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was ordered released from federal custody Friday after pleading not guilty to lying to investigators about the circumstances that led to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minnesota immigration crackdown last winter.