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ICE officer pleads not guilty to charges he lied to the FBI about nonfatal Minneapolis shooting
Castro faces six federal false-statement counts after prosecutors said video contradicted his account of the shooting, and he remains subject to parallel state charges.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro appeared in U.S. District Court on Friday to face six federal counts of making false statements about a January shooting in Minneapolis.
- Prosecutors allege Castro shot 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg while firing through a Minneapolis home's front door, then falsely reported being attacked with a broom handle and a snow shovel.
- Minnesota authorities pursued extradition after charging Castro in May, but Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott refused to sign the warrant; the Department of Homeland Security called the prosecution "unlawful and nothing more than a political stunt."
- After appearing in state court on Thursday, Castro was released from custody and subsequently turned himself in to federal authorities to face the separate federal indictment.
- Defense attorney Daniel Gerdts declined to comment following Thursday's hearing, though Castro has pleaded not guilty to all six counts and faces his next federal hearing on October 28.
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He knows why Christian Castro, the ICE agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan and giving a false version of the attack, was arrested in Minnesota.
·Vicente López, Argentina
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ICE agent enters not guilty plea
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·Munster, United States
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ICE officer Christian Castro pleads not guilty to lying to FBI about Minneapolis shooting of Venezuelan man
A federal immigration officer is pleading not guilty to federal charges that he lied to the FBI about being attacked before he shot and wounded a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
·New York, United States
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Federal prosecutors allege he lied to investigators that 24-year-old Julio Sosa-Celis and others attacked him with a broom and a snow shovel, which is why he shot them.
·Marousi, Greece
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