{"id":314295,"date":"2026-05-29T18:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/314295\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:03:11","slug":"ice-agent-charged-in-operation-metro-surge-shooting-is-arrested-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/314295\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE agent charged in Operation Metro Surge shooting is arrested in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

An ICE agent accused by Minnesota prosecutors of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant <\/a>and lying about it<\/a> was arrested Friday.<\/p>\n

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Investigators with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension located the agent in Texas, the Hennepin County Attorney\u2019s Office said<\/a> in a news release Friday.<\/p>\n

Castro was taken into custody by law enforcement officials from Texas and Minnesota Friday morning on charges of assault in the second degree and falsely reporting a crime<\/a> in connection with the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis during an attempted immigration arrest on Jan. 14.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred during the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s three-month-long immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, which the agency dubbed as \u201cOperation Metro Surge.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Castro is accused of firing a gunshot into a home, knowing it was occupied by multiple people and injuring Sosa-Celis, according to the Hennepin County Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday afternoon. Court records do not yet list an attorney for Castro.<\/p>\n

On the night of Jan. 14, ICE officers confronted Sosa-Celis and another Venezuelan man, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, in an immigration enforcement action near their home, according to authorities. Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has said that both men were in Minnesota \u201clawfully\u201d and that \u201cthis was a case of mistaken identity.\u201d <\/p>\n

At the time, DHS claimed <\/a>the shooting occurred after Sosa-Celis and Aljorna were alleged to have attacked the officer with a shovel and a broom. They were charged with assaulting the officer, but all charges were later dismissed with prejudice after Minnesota prosecutors said new evidence was \u201cmaterially inconsistent with the allegations\u201d against them.<\/p>\n

Video of the incident released in February and April appeared to contradict the agency\u2019s account, showing one man standing with a shovel near a home before he drops it while another man runs toward the residence empty-handed. An officer then tackles one of the men.<\/p>\n

A review of video evidence revealed that two officers appeared \u201cto have made untruthful statements\u201d in sworn testimony, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said in mid-February. Both officers were placed on administrative leave pending the completion of an investigation.<\/p>\n

Castro is the second federal agent to be criminally charged for conduct during Operation Metro Surge, according to the Hennepin County Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Last month, another ICE agent<\/a> was charged with felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. The agent, Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., was accused of pointing a gun at the heads of two civilians in a vehicle, Moriarty said in April.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n

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Nicole Acevedo is a news reporter for NBC News.<\/p>\n

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Daniella Silva is a national reporter for NBC News, focusing on immigration and education.<\/p>\n

Nadine Comerford contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An ICE agent accused by Minnesota prosecutors of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and lying about it was arrested…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-314295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}