ICE agent charged in Minnesota with assault in shooting of immigrant
Christian Castro is the second ICE agent to be charged for actions during Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration's immigration-enforcement mission.
TL;DR
- ICE agent Christian Castro charged with four counts of assault and falsely reporting a crime.
- Charges stem from the Jan. 14 shooting of Venezuelan immigrant Julio Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis.
- Video evidence contradicted ICE's initial statement that Sosa-Celis violently assaulted law enforcement.
- Prosecutors dropped charges against Sosa-Celis and another man after reviewing video evidence.
- Castro is the second federal agent charged in connection with Operation Metro Surge.
- ICE condemned the prosecution as a "political stunt" by "sanctuary politicians."