Texas, Minnesota Battle Over 5 Charges Against ICE Agent Castro in Minneapolis Shooting
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Updated · KEYE TV CBS Austin · Aug 25
Texas, Minnesota Battle Over 5 Charges Against ICE Agent Castro in Minneapolis Shooting
3 articles · Updated · KEYE TV CBS Austin · Aug 25
Summary
A federal court in Brownsville is set to weigh whether Christian Castro should stay jailed in Texas as Minnesota presses to extradite the ICE agent over a January Minneapolis shooting.
Four second-degree assault felonies and one false-reporting misdemeanor stem from allegations that Castro fired through the front door of an occupied home during an ICE operation, wounding a man in the leg and then lying about it.
Minnesota formally sought extradition in June, then sued last week after Castro was not transferred; Texas answered Monday that he may not qualify as a fugitive because he may have been reassigned there for work.
Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas secretary of state to investigate, while Texas Democrats including Sylvia Garcia and Lloyd Doggett publicly urged that Castro be made to face court in Minnesota.
The interstate fight now overlaps with a separate Justice Department review of possible federal charges, widening the legal exposure from a single local shooting case.