# Federal prosecutors charge ICE officer with lying in investigation of Venezuelan immigrant shooting

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- NBC News, 2026-09-03 20:15 UTC
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- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-prosecutors-charge-ice-officer-lying-investigators-shooting-ve-rcna595975

> A federal grand jury indicted Christian Castro over allegations that he lied to investigators handling a January shooting. Julio Cesar Sosa Celis, a Venezuelan immigrant, was shot in one leg in the incident.

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