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ICE Agent Charged with Shooting Venezuelan Man in Minnesota Walks Free from Texas Jail

HeadlineAug 28, 2026

In Minnesota, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is demanding the capture of ICE agent Christian Castro, who was released from custody Thursday and is being harbored in Texas after a judge blocked Minnesota’s extradition bid. Castro is accused of firing his gun and wounding a Venezuelan man, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, in the leg. This is Moriarty.

Mary Moriarty: “I am told that Governor Abbott claims to be tough on crime. How exactly is he tough on crime by manipulating an extradition process, that is supposed to be administrative, to protect a man who shot into a house with children inside, lied about it and is under investigation by the federal government?”

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