# ICE agent charged with lying under oath about Minnesota shooting

https://mins.news/en/item/44407

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-03 20:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/3/ice-agent-charged-with-lying-under-oath-about-minnesota-shooting?traffic_source=rss

> Federal prosecutors charged ICE officer Christian Castro with allegedly lying under oath about a January shooting in Minnesota. Authorities say he fired through the closed door of an occupied home, striking Venezuelan man Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg, then falsely told investigators that the man had attacked him. Castro also faces state felony charges related to the nonfatal shooting.

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