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Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
CBS News • • general
Key Points:
- Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Evans, who was investigating ICE officer Christian Castro for civil rights violations related to a shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant, has been fired and is now under investigation for alleged leaking.
- Castro was indicted on six counts, including making false statements about the January incident involving Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, but the indictment remains sealed; he was taken into custody in Texas and is set for a court appearance.
- The case centers on conflicting accounts of the shooting during an immigration enforcement operation, with initial government claims about the immigrant fleeing and attacking agents later contradicted by FBI affidavits and video evidence.
- Federal prosecutors initially charged Sosa-Celis and another man with assaulting federal officers, but the charges were dropped after new evidence emerged that contradicted the original allegations.
- ICE leadership acknowledged that officers involved made false statements under oath, leading to administrative leave and potential prosecution for the agents involved.
