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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Feds accuse ICE agent of lying about non-fatal Minneapolis shooting after Trump’s DOJ rejects more serious charges

Federal prosecutors are set to charge an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who was accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.

Officials at Donald Trump’s Department of Justice allegedly blocked prosecutors from pursuing more severe charges of civil rights violations against the agent, 52-year-old Christian Castro, despite objections from prosecutors overseeing the case against him.

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