ICE officer charged with lying about shooting turns himself in to feds, AP source says

A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a press conference addressing foreign influence in public education at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (Sara Diggins/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown turned himself in Thursday to federal authorities, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

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Christian Castro was taken into federal custody on charges of making false statements to investigators about the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in January, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case.

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The federal charges follow Castro’s release from jail last week after Texas’ governor refused to immediately sign an extradition warrant to hand him over to Minnesota authorities, who have charged him separately with assault and false reporting of a crime related to the same shooting.

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Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis and another…

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