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ICE agent charged with Minnesota shooting released from jail in Texas

The Guardian US · August 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM

ICE agent charged with Minnesota shooting released from jail in Texas

Judge rules Christian Castro, accused of shooting man and lying about it, cannot be held pending extradition request An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was released from a Texas jail on Thursday, after a judge refused to order his return to Minnesota.

Christian Castro was released at the break of dawn from a detention center in Brownsville.

He motioned his hand toward a few camera operators and a reporter crowding around him and quickly got into an SUV that drove off.

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ICE agent charged with Minnesota shooting released from jail in Texas

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