DOJ blocked serious ICE shooting charge over federal prosecutor’s ‘strongest possible’ objections

By: Megan Rose - ProPublica, Andy Mannix - ProPublica

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: September 8, 2026

Words: 920

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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This story was originally published by ProPublica.

Over the “strongest possible” objections from the federal prosecutor handling the case, leaders at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.

The agent, 52-year-old Christian Castro, allegedly shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in Minneapolis this January during Operation Metro Surge, …

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