DOJ charges ICE officer with lying to investigators following Minneapolis shooting of Venezuelan man
Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events surrounding the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis earlier this year, Fox News Digital has learned.The Department of Justice has charged ICE agent Christian Castro with making false statements connected to the Jan.
14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, who was shot in the leg.He was indicted by a federal grand jury in Minnesota on Wednesday, a source familiar with the charges said.Castro is accused of opening fire through the front door of a Minneapolis home, hitting Sosa-Celis, and then lying about the events before the shooting.
The incident came amid the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration in Minnesota.ICE OFFICER CHARGED IN MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING RELEASED IN TEXAS AFTER JUDGE DECLINES TO INTERVENELeft: U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Christian Castro gets into a car surrounded by news reporters moments after being released from the Carrizalez-Rucker Cameron County Detention Center in Brownsville, Texas on Aug.
27.Federal prosecutors have charged with lying about the Jan.
14 shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.(Left: AP Photo/Michael Gonzalez; Right: Cameron County Sheriff's Office)What followed was at least one night of unrest in Minneapolis.The charges came after Castro was released from a Texas jail last week, following Texas Gov.
Greg Abbott's refusal to sign an extradition warrant to hand him over to Minnesota authorities.Under Texas law and barring extradition, Castro must be released after 90 days of detention.Last month, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed an unsuccessful request for a temporary restraining order in an effort to block Castro’s release or to order his return to Minnesota, The Associated Press reported.ABBOTT TAUNTS FAR-LEFT AG WITH FIERY WARNING OVER ICE EXTRADITION FIGHT: 'SUCH BAD LAWYERS'Texas Gov.
Greg Abbott (left) and Minnesota Atto...