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Feds Charge ICE Officer with Lying Over Minneapolis Shooting

Federal prosecutors charged an ICE officer with lying to investigators regarding a shooting in Minneapolis.

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Federal prosecutors have charged ICE officer Christian Castro with making false statements to federal investigators regarding the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. [1] Leaders at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro over the strongest possible objections from federal prosecutor Matthew Evans. [2] A person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press that the charges stem from Castro's alleged lies about events leading up to the shooting of Sosa-Celis in January. [3] Federal prosecutors initially accused Sosa-Celis and another man of beating an officer with a broom handle and a snow shovel, but dropped those charges after video evidence suggested the officers may have lied. [4] Texas Governor Greg Abbott declined to immediately sign an extradition warrant for Castro, citing a Texas investigation into whether Castro met the definition of a fugitive. [5] Christian Castro, a 52-year-old ICE agent, allegedly shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in Minneapolis this January during Operation Metro Surge and then lied about the incident. [6] Federal prosecutors in Minnesota had been preparing to charge Castro with deprivation of rights under color of law for the shooting of Sosa-Celis, similar to charges leveled against Minneapolis police officers in the George Floyd case. [7] Matthew Evans, the assistant U.S. attorney in Minnesota in charge of the case, told lawyers for Sosa-Celis to prepare for Castro to be charged only with False Statements, which would likely carry a far less severe punishment. [8]
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  1. Federal prosecutors have charged ICE officer Christian Castro with making false statements to federal investigators regarding the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. · The Texas Tribune
  2. Leaders at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro over the strongest possible objections from federal prosecutor Matthew Evans. · salon.com
  3. A person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press that the charges stem from Castro's alleged lies about events leading up to the shooting of Sosa-Celis in January. · The Texas Tribune
  4. Federal prosecutors initially accused Sosa-Celis and another man of beating an officer with a broom handle and a snow shovel, but dropped those charges after video evidence suggested the officers may have lied. · The Texas Tribune
  5. Texas Governor Greg Abbott declined to immediately sign an extradition warrant for Castro, citing a Texas investigation into whether Castro met the definition of a fugitive. · The Texas Tribune
  6. Christian Castro, a 52-year-old ICE agent, allegedly shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in Minneapolis this January during Operation Metro Surge and then lied about the incident. · salon.com
  7. Federal prosecutors in Minnesota had been preparing to charge Castro with deprivation of rights under color of law for the shooting of Sosa-Celis, similar to charges leveled against Minneapolis police officers in the George Floyd case. · salon.com
  8. Matthew Evans, the assistant U.S. attorney in Minnesota in charge of the case, told lawyers for Sosa-Celis to prepare for Castro to be charged only with False Statements, which would likely carry a far less severe punishment. · salon.com
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