A federal immigration officer fired through the front door of a Minneapolis home, wounded an innocent man, then lied to the FBI about what he had done. For months, the Department of Homeland Security publicly backed his story.
On 18 May 2026, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced criminal charges against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro, 52, in connection with the 14 January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa‑Celis, a Venezuelan national lawfully present in the United States. A nationwide warrant has been issued for Castro's arrest. The charges, four counts of second‑degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime, represent a direct contradiction of the official account that DHS published the day after the shooting, an account that remains on the agency's website.
