ICE agent arrested over shooting of Venezuelan man in Minnesota

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Source: The Guardian

A federal immigration officer wanted for shooting a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s crackdown in Minnesota was arrested on Friday in Texas, authorities said.

Christian Castro, of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, was taken into custody 11 days after Minneapolis prosecutors charged him with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the 14 January non-fatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.

Hennepin county prosecutors in Minnesota said the state’s bureau of criminal apprehension located Castro, 52, in Texas and worked with agents from the inspector general’s office of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Texas Rangers to arrest him.

“Today’s arrest is a critical step forward in our prosecution of Mr Castro,” the Hennepin county attorney, Mary Moriarty, said.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/29/ice-agent-arrest-minnesota-venezuelan-man-shot

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1. Castro fired his service weapon at the front door of the home, "knowing there were people who had just run inside that p

ICE agent charged in nonfatal Minneapolis shooting arrested in Texas
LAURA ROMERO and ARMANDO GARCIA
Fri, May 29, 2026 at 1:36 PM CDT

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ice-agent-charged-nonfatal-minneapolis-182833108.html




A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged in the nonfatal shooting earlier this year of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis was arrested in Texas on Friday, more than a week after prosecutors announced the charges, officials in Minnesota said.

The federal agent, Christian Castro, was charged with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis, according to the Hennepin County attorney


Prosecutors say Castro faces assault and false reporting charges linked to Operation Metro Surge. The case puts federal immigration enforcement tactics under renewed scrutiny, highlighting how interstate arrests can prompt oversight on agency conduct.


The Minnesota investigators had located Castro and traveled to Texas this week, the attorney said.

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According to Moriarty, Castro fired his service weapon at the front door of the home, "knowing there were people who had just run inside that presented absolutely no threat to him or anyone else," she said during a news conference earlier this month announcing the charges.

The bullet struck Sosa-Celis in the leg, passed through a closet and lodged in the wall of a child's bedroom, according to Moriarty. She added that Castro was not under any physical threat when he opened fire and that claims from government officials that he had been struck with a shovel or broom were false....................

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2. When are they arresting his fellow officers and his boss who participated in covering this up?