{"id":3482,"date":"2026-09-03T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3482"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:44:04","slug":"ice-officer-accused-of-lying-to-investigators-about-minnesota-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3482","title":{"rendered":"ICE Officer Accused of Lying to Investigators About Minnesota Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>By Alanna Durkin Richer<\/i><\/p><p>Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown earlier this year, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3478\">House GOP Leadership Cancels Two Weeks of Votes Ahead of the Midterms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The person was not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. The person said Christian Castro, the officer who authorities say shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in January, has been charged with making false statements to federal investigators.<\/p><p>The federal charges follow Castro\u2019s release from jail last week after Texas\u2019 governor <span>refused to immediately sign an extradition warrant<\/span> to hand him over to Minnesota authorities, who have charged him separately with assault and false reporting of a crime related to the same shooting.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3476\">Trump Administration Escalates Its Anti-DEI Push at Universities<\/a><\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nationals celebrate\" class=\"wp-image-3473\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3ad82208e523e9b279475d85ab373d2e-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3ad82208e523e9b279475d85ab373d2e-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3ad82208e523e9b279475d85ab373d2e-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3ad82208e523e9b279475d85ab373d2e.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      A Nationals Homestand Full of Agony and Hope\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Burgum\" class=\"wp-image-3118\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d7b533497f5a2b88073ac38e5e25d585-768x506.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d7b533497f5a2b88073ac38e5e25d585-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d7b533497f5a2b88073ac38e5e25d585-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d7b533497f5a2b88073ac38e5e25d585.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump Is Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Housing construction\" class=\"wp-image-3481\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/27703371a0626c80228573d68f8593a6-768x514.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/27703371a0626c80228573d68f8593a6-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/27703371a0626c80228573d68f8593a6-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/27703371a0626c80228573d68f8593a6.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Are \u2018Opportunity Zones\u2019 Creating Opportunity? 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But federal prosecutors dropped charges against the men after video evidence showed the officers may have lied about the encounter, and officials opened an investigation.<br\/><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3474\">Lutnick Apologizes for Saying No U.S. Troops Have Died in the Iran War<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Castro, the officer who authorities say shot a Venezuelan man in the leg, has been charged with making false statements to federal investigators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ICE Officer Accused of Lying to Investigators About Minnesota Shooting - 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