Texas Arrest Ties ICE Agent to Minnesota Migrant Shooting Case

Texas Rangers arrested U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro in Cameron County on the Texas–Mexico border after Minnesota prosecutors charged him with five counts, including second‑degree assault and filing a false police report, over a Jan. 14 Minneapolis immigration operation in which Castro allegedly lied about the events leading to a Venezuelan immigrant being shot; surveillance footage contradicted Castro’s account, and he now faces 3 to 7 years in prison if convicted. ICE had placed him on leave and criticized Minnesota’s prosecution as political, while the case ties federal immigration enforcement to a Texas arrest as the investigation continues.