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ICE officer wanted in the shooting of a man during the Minneapolis crackdown is arrested in Texas
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ICE officer wanted in the shooting of a man during the Minneapolis crackdown is arrested in Texas

The Seattle Times The Seattle Times·The Associated Press·3 days ago
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal immigration officer wanted in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s Minnesota crackdown was arrested Friday in Texas, authorities said. Christian Castro, of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, was taken into custody 11 days after Minneapolis prosecutors charged him with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 nonfatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Hennepin County, Minnesota, prosecutors said the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension located Castro, 52, in Texas and worked with the Texas Rangers and agents from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General to arrest him. The Office of Inspector General later denied any involvement, after which the county attorney’s office changed its statement to say that Inspector General’s office staff were “present at the scene” of the arrest and not that they conducted it. Messages seeking comment were also left with ICE and the Texas Rangers.…

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