ICE agent arrested over shooting of Venezuelan man in Minnesota

The Guardian — May 29, 18:02 PM

Christian Castro was charged with assault and falsely reporting a crime after video emerged of non-fatal shooting in January

A federal immigration officer wanted for https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/ice-officer-charged-minnesota-shooting">shooting a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/minnesota-ice-shooting">crackdown in Minnesota was arrested on Friday in Texas, authorities said.

Christian Castro, of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement">ICE) agency, was taken into custody 11 days after Minneapolis prosecutors https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/ice-officer-charged-minnesota-shooting">charged him with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the 14 January https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/11/ice-shooting-dhs-accountability-minneapolis">non-fatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.