{"id":2608457,"date":"2026-05-29T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T01:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-law-enforcement-travels-to-texas-to-arrest-ice-agent\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T21:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T01:45:21","slug":"minnesota-law-enforcement-travels-to-texas-to-arrest-ice-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-law-enforcement-travels-to-texas-to-arrest-ice-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Law Enforcement Travels to Texas to Arrest ICE Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminnesota-law-enforcement-travels-to-texas-to-arrest-ice-agent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2608457&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An ICE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-proposing-administrative-abolishment-of-ice-report\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Proposing \u2018Administrative Abolishment... Of ...: Report\">immigration agent<\/a> named Christian Castro was arrested in Texas with Minnesota authorities after being charged in connection with a January incident during an ICE enforcement operation in Minnesota. Prosecutors allege Castro fired a gun through the door of a home,injuring a person in the leg,and he faces four counts of second-degree assault plus one count of falsely reporting a crime.<\/p>\n<p>The incident involved ICE agents who were part of an operation connected to other individuals in minnesota; those associated allegations initially included claims that one person attacked an ICE agent with a shovel and a broom, but the charges were dismissed when prosecutors said the evidence didn\u2019t match the allegations and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >testimony included statements prosecutors considered untruthful<\/a>. Several agents were placed on administrative leave as investigations continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Hennepin County Attorney\u2019s office says Castro and the other men were in Minnesota lawfully, and ICE criticized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cops-erect-concrete-barrier-around-home-of-cop-who-shot-daunte-wright-as-protests-turn-violent-for-third-night\/\" title=\"Cops Erect Concrete Barrier Around Home Of Cop Who Shot Daunte Wright As Protests Turn Violent For Third Night\">county attorney\u2019<\/a>s actions as political. The case also references another ICE agent previously charged in a separate incident involving firearms and civilians.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An immigration agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been arrested after Minnesota authorities charged him with having committed a crime during the ICE surge in Minnesota that took place in January.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Castro was arrested in Texas Friday morning by Texas Rangers with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension at the scene, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hennepinattorney.org\/news\/news\/2026\/May\/castro-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> posted by the Office of the Hennepin County Attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Castro has been charged with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime for a Jan. 14 incident.<\/p>\n<p>The allegation against Castro is that he fired his gun through the door of a home, injuring one person in the leg.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Minnesota law enforcement sparing no expense to track down and arrest an ICE agent, but can\u2019t manage to even SEE the avalanche of crime, fraud, illegal immigration, and corruption under their own noses. Excuse me for not trusting Hennepin County\u2019s sense of right and wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin O\u2019Brien (@RadioCarpenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RadioCarpenter\/status\/2060466864292012117?\">May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the incident, ICE agents were conducting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-limits-arrest-of-illegal-immigrants-at-courthouses\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Limits Arrest of Illegal Immigrants at Courthouses\">immigration enforcement action<\/a> that involved Julio Sosa-Celis and another Venezuelan man, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/ice-agent-charged-operation-metro-surge-shooting-arrested-texas-rcna347567?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&#038;taid=6a19d9c916ca9c0001d5a030&#038;utm_campaign=trueanthem&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8UPDATE\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>ICE believes agent Christian Castro lied about the circumstances surrounding the non-fatal shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Castro discharged a firearm through a home\u2019s front door, wounding Sosa Celis in the thigh, according to the prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>Sosa Celis claims that he NEVER struck the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UTVLplmHsV\">https:\/\/t.co\/UTVLplmHsV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BreannaMorello\/status\/2060462132764778717?\">May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has said that both men were in Minnesota \u201clawfully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the Department of Homeland Security said Sosa-Celis and Aljorna allegedly attacked an ICE agent with a shovel and a broom.<\/p>\n<p>Charges against them were dismissed after prosecutors said the evidence was \u201cmaterially inconsistent with the allegations\u201d against the two men.<\/p>\n<p>The agents involved appeared \u201cto have made untruthful statements\u201d in sworn testimony, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said in February.<\/p>\n<p>Both officers were then placed on administrative leave until an investigation was completed.<\/p>\n<p>The Hennepin County Attorney\u2019s Office noted that last month, it filed a charge of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon against ICE agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan is accused of pointing a gun at two civilians who were inside a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>ICE said the U.S. attorney\u2019s office was already investigating the Jan. 14 incident, noting the agents involved could be fired and prosecuted as a result of the agency probe.<\/p>\n<p>ICE called the Hennepin County attorney\u2019s action \u201cunlawful and nothing more than a political stunt,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minneapolis-immigration-crackdown-arrest-sosacelis-811eca576b7b7088694cc3a646999d51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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