ICE agent accused of shooting man in north Minneapolis arrested in Texas

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement cause accused of shooting a antheral successful the limb successful northbound Minneapolis and past lying astir the attack was arrested successful Texas Friday morning, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.

Christian Castro, 52, was charged connected May 18 with 4 counts of second-degree battle and 1 number of falsely reporting a crime. 

On Jan. 14, amid Operation Metro Surge, Castro changeable Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis successful the leg, the transgression ailment says. Charges accidental that helium changeable Sosa-Celis, who is simply a Venezuelan national, done a doorway of a location portion knowing that determination were radical inside.

Castro, on with different serviceman progressive successful the incident, wrongly accused Sosa-Celis and different antheral of assaulting them with a shovel and broomstick. The Department of Homeland Security repeated the mendacious allegations. The agents were placed connected permission for the lie, and national battle charges against Sosa-Celis and the different man were dropped.

The charges filed earlier this period triggered a nationwide warrant for Castro's arrest. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigators recovered Castro earlier this week and traveled to Texas, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office said. He was taken into custody by DHS agents and Texas Rangers. 

"Today's apprehension is simply a captious measurement guardant successful our prosecution of Mr. Castro," Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said. "The BCA's investigative enactment was instrumental successful this process and we're grateful for their collaboration arsenic we prosecute accountability for this incidental connected behalf of Mr. Sosa-Celis, his family, and our community."

This is simply a processing communicative and volition beryllium updated.

In:

• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Minnesota