Overview
- Hennepin County prosecutors, who announced charges Monday, filed four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime against ICE agent Christian J. Castro and obtained a nationwide arrest warrant.
- Prosecutors say Castro fired through a closed front door while alone in the front yard, striking Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg as the bullet traveled into a child's bedroom wall.
- Federal prosecutors earlier dropped assault cases against Sosa-Celis and Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna after city video contradicted agents’ sworn accounts, and ICE placed two officers on leave over possible false statements.
- Court records set Castro’s bail at $200,000, and investigators said they identified him using hospital records and an interview conducted by state law enforcement at the scene.
- Castro is the second federal officer charged from the surge, signaling a growing state–federal clash that could move the case to federal court as Minnesota seeks evidence and challenges claims of immunity.