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ICE officer wanted for shooting a man during Minneapolis crackdown arrested in Texas

The Independent·Via AP news wire·3 days ago
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A federal immigration officer wanted for shooting a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s Minnesota crackdown has been arrested. 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. The state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension located Castro, 52, in Texas and worked with agents from the Department of Homeland Security 's Inspector General's Office and the Texas Rangers to arrest him. “Today’s arrest is a critical step forward in our prosecution of Mr. Castro,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said. Online court records do not list an attorney for Castro and it wasn't immediately clear if he has one. Messages seeking comment were left with ICE, the Homeland Security Inspector General’s Office and the Texas Rangers.…

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