ICE officer charged with assault in shooting during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
By Whitney Wild, CNN
(CNN) — An ICE agent is facing several assault charges in connection with a January shooting involving two Venezuelan immigrants in Minnesota, according to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty.
The federal agent, Christian Castro, has been charged with four counts of second degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime, Moriarty said at a news conference Monday.
CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment.
CNN is working to determine whether Castro has an attorney.
Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, who was shot by a federal agent during the January incident, and his cousin Alfredo A. Aljorna were facing federal charges after the Department of Homeland Security said they had violently attacked an agent, prompting him to fire a defensive shot. But the Justice Department dropped the charges in February, and ICE said two of its agents who made false statements about the incident under oath were placed on administrative leave.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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