ICE agent accused of shooting man in north Minneapolis arrested in Texas
Prosecutors say video evidence contradicted Castro’s account, and he faces four assault counts plus a false-reporting charge.
- On Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro was arrested in Texas, facing Minnesota charges of second-degree assault and falsely reporting a crime stemming from the January 14 shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis.
- Homeland Security initially claimed three people assaulted the officer for three minutes, but video evidence released by the City of Minneapolis contradicts that account, showing Sosa-Celis slipping and falling while fleeing.
- Federal prosecutors dismissed charges against Sosa-Celis and his roommate, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, after "newly discovered evidence" clashed with accounts of two ICE agents under investigation for lying under oath.
- Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty called the arrest a "critical step forward," while an ICE spokesperson labeled the charges "unlawful and nothing more than a political stunt."
- Another ICE agent, Gregory Donnell Morgan, faces charges for allegedly pointing a gun at a driver on Highway 62 in February, intensifying scrutiny of the agency's conduct.
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Man who warned coworkers 'no one's going home today' gets prison term in fatal shooting
A Minnesota man who allegedly told his coworkers that "no one's going home today" before a deadly workplace confrontation was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for fatally shooting a fellow employee.Mohamed A. Hared, 26, was sentenced Thursday to 128 months in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony in the death of 22-year-old Ahmed Ibrahim Cariif, according to the Da…
ICE can’t help themselves
In the wake of the two civilian killings during its notorious Minneapolis deployment, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, colloquially known as ICE, was ordered to lay low for a while. Word came down from administration leadership, and the agency scurried out of town as the city of Minneapolis began to march against occupation by the federal government for the express purpose of deporting friends and neighbors.
The ICE officer claimed to have acted in self-defense after being allegedly attacked with shovels and brooms by Venezuelan citizens.However, the police filming completely shattered his alibi and now faces charges of assault with dangerous weapons that carry a minimum penalty of three years of mandatory imprisonment without the possibility of pardon.
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