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ICE agent charged with Minnesota shooting released from jail in Texas

Judge rules Christian Castro, accused of shooting man and lying about it, cannot be held pending extradition request An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was released from a Texas jail on Thursday, after a judge refused to order his return to Minnesota. Christian Castro was released at the break of dawn from a de…

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ICE agent Christian Castro is in Minnesota custody and has made his first court appearance there on felony state and federal charges stemming from the January shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis.

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Christian Castro was arrested, returned to Minnesota custody, and made his first court appearance there on felony state and federal charges.

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ICE agent charged with Minnesota shooting released from jail in Texas

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ICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting released from Texas jail, AP reports

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged in a Minneapolis shooting during Operation Metro Surge has been released from a Texas jail, the Associated Press reports.

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Judge blocks Minnesota bid to extradite Texas ICE agent accused of shooting man

Christian Castro charged with assault after allegedly shooting Venezuelan man and remains in custody in Texas Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email 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 afte…

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