ICE officer charged in nonfatal Minneapolis shooting during Operation Metro Surge
Prosecutors say video evidence contradicted the agents’ account, and federal charges against the Venezuelan man were later dismissed with prejudice.
- On Monday, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty charged ICE officer Christian Castro with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime in the January 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, issuing a warrant for his arrest.
- During the January 14 incident, a federal officer shot Sosa-Celis in the thigh after he and another agent chased a different man to the apartment duplex where Sosa-Celis lived.
- After a judge dismissed initial assault charges against Sosa-Celis and Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, the Department of Homeland Security opened an investigation into whether two immigration officers lied under oath, calling it a "serious federal offense."
- Minnesota leaders and the Trump administration have clashed over jurisdiction to prosecute officers for on-duty conduct, as Moriarty seeks new approaches to hold federal agents accountable in cases with "no modern precedent."
- Hennepin County continues investigating the Good and Pretti killings and sued the administration in March for evidence access during Operation Metro Surge, the national deportation campaign that brought thousands of officers to the region.
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ICE agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis
Minnesota is taking action in response to the activities of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state. A federal agent has been formally charged in connection with the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant that occurred last January in Minneapolis. The incident took place during “Operation Metro Surge,” the large-scale immigration enforcement operation launched by the Trump administration in Minnesota.Seguir leyendo
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Feds push back on Minnesota prosecution of ICE agent
(The Center Square) – Federal immigration officials are calling Minnesota’s prosecution of an ICE agent a “political stunt” after Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced criminal charges tied to a January shooting during Operation Metro Surge.
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