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Christian Castro is charged in Minnesota with assault and falsely reporting a crime by another
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Christian Castro is charged in Minnesota with assault and falsely reporting a crime by another
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A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) agent accused of firing his gun and wounding a Venezuelan man in the leg is caught in an interstate extradition dispute between Texas and Minnesota – and could walk out of a Texas jail as soon as Wednesday if a federal judge does not intervene.
Christian Castro is charged in Minnesota with assault and falsely reporting a crime by another, in relation to the incident where he was involved in the wounding of 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in January.
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Source: The Guardian · Edward Helmore and agency. Published 26 Aug 2026, 01:34 pm.
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