# Ex-ICE agent charged over Minnesota shooting freed in Texas after extradition lapse

https://mins.news/en/item/34664

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-27 16:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/27/ex-ice-agent-charged-over-shooting-is-freed-by-texas-authorities?traffic_source=rss

> Former ICE agent Christian Castro, accused of shooting Venezuelan man Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis during an immigration raid in Minneapolis and allegedly lying about the incident, was released from a Texas jail after the state’s 90-day extradition deadline expired. A judge had declined to block his release or order his return to Minnesota.

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