ICE officer faces federal charges for lying about shooting : NPR

Key Points:

• Federal prosecutors have charged ICE officer Christian Castro with lying to investigators about shooting Venezuelan immigrant Julio Sosa-Celis in Minnesota during an immigration crackdown in January.
• The Justice Department initially charged Sosa-Celis with assault but dropped the charges after discovering officers provided false statements about the incident.
• Castro claimed Sosa-Celis attacked him, but surveillance footage disproved this; he also faces state assault charges in Minnesota and a recent federal ruling denied Minnesota's request to detain him pending extradition.
• The immigration enforcement operation, known as Operation Metro Surge, has faced bipartisan criticism for aggressive tactics, including multiple shootings and the deaths of two U.S. citizens.
• ICE officers have been involved in over two dozen shootings since the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, with recent deadly incidents in Texas and Maine drawing further scrutiny.