{"id":314370,"date":"2026-05-29T19:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/314370\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:03:18","slug":"ice-agent-sought-in-minneapolis-shooting-arrested-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/314370\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE agent sought in Minneapolis shooting arrested in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting<\/a> a Venezuelan immigrant and lying about it<\/a> during the Trump administration\u2019s enforcement surge<\/a> in Minneapolis was arrested Friday in Texas, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The agent, Christian Castro, was arrested by federal officers from the watchdog arm of the Department of Homeland Security with the help of Texas and Minnesota law enforcement officials. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension tracked Castro\u2019s whereabouts to the state, according to the Hennepin County Attorney\u2019s Office, which issued a warrant for his arrest<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n

Castro was charged with four counts of assault in the second degree and one count of falsely reporting a crime in connection to the Jan. 14 shooting of Venezuelan national Julio Sosa-Celis<\/a>, 24, at the height of Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration\u2019s deadly<\/a> immigration enforcement<\/a> operation in the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n

\u201cChristian Castro\u2019s alleged shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis appears unwarranted, as evidenced by the lies Castro told his ICE supervisors to justify his unlawful actions,\u201d Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said following the arrest.<\/p>\n

Castro fired into a home on Jan. 14 \u201cknowing there were people who had just run inside who presented absolutely no threat to him or anyone else,\u201d Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, whose office brought the charges, said after they were filed May 18. She said a bullet traveled through the door,\u00a0hitting Sosa-Celis in the leg<\/a>\u00a0before ending up in the wall of a child\u2019s bedroom.<\/p>\n

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