(The Center Square) – Federal prosecutors are charging an ICE agent with making false statements in connection with a shooting during Operation Metro Surge, according to an anonymous AP source.
ICE agent Christian Castro is also facing state charges for the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis.
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