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Feds charge ICE officer with lying to investigators in the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally indicted on six counts of making false statements to the FBI regarding the January shooting of Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis during immigration enforcement in Minneapolis.
- The shooting left Sosa-Celis with a leg gunshot wound, and a separate investigation is ongoing to determine if Castro should face more serious civil rights charges.
- Castro, who pleaded not guilty, was recently released on a $75,000 unsecured bond with travel restrictions, despite Minnesota's efforts to extradite him from Texas where he was held.
- Federal prosecutors dropped charges against Sosa-Celis and another man after video evidence contradicted ICE officers' claims, raising questions about Castro's conduct.
- Amid the case, a federal prosecutor involved was fired after reporting that DOJ officials blocked attempts to pursue civil rights charges against Castro.
