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Minnesota Authorities Arrest ICE Agent On State Assault Warrant In January Shooting

Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times,

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent wanted on state charges of assault and false reporting was arrested Wednesday in downtown Minneapolis eight months after the shooting of a Venezuelan man during an immigration enforcement operation.

Protesters gather at the Bishop Whipple Federal Building to oppose immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis on Jan. 30, 2026. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) officials arrested Christian Castro, 52, about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday and booked him into the Hennepin County jail on an outstanding state warrant. He appeared in state court for a hearing Thursday, and Friday he will appear in U.S. District Court in St. Paul on a federal indictment accusing him of making false statements.

The January shooting came amid ICE's Operation Metro Surge, which primarily targeted Minnesota. The immigration enforcement operation drew weeks of protests, during which two protesters, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both U.S. citizens, were fatally shot by federal agents in separate incidents.

Castro attorney Daniel Gerdts said that Castro drove from Texas under an agreement to surrender at Gerdts's Minneapolis office, but BCA agents arrested him minutes before he arrived. A BCA spokesperson said agents had been negotiating a surrender and "saw an opportunity to arrest him" when they spotted him downtown.

Another attorney who represents Castro, Rolando Cantu, said that Castro "always had intended to answer to the charges" and "wants his day in court."

In May, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty charged Castro with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 shooting. She alleged that he fired through a front door "knowing there were people who had just run inside." The bullet struck Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, 24, in the leg and lodged in another wall. The federal indictment later said two 1-year-old children were inside.

The Jan. 14 Shooting

Castro, an eight-year Border Patrol veteran who joined ICE in September 2025, and his partner were carrying out a traffic stop targeting Sosa-Celis on Jan. 14, according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. Sosa-Celis fled in his vehicle, crashed into a parked car, then ran. The officers and suspect ended up in a duplex yard.

Castro told the FBI two other men came out of a nearby apartment; one hit him with a red broom, and the other hit him with a black snow shovel. He said he fired one round from the ground. DHS initially said the shooting was defensive after an ambush.

On Feb. 13, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said that Castro had allegedly lied, citing a review of video evidence.

"A joint review by ICE and the Department of Justice (DOJ) of video evidence has revealed that sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements," Lyons said.

Both agents were placed on leave.

As described by the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, the suspect was behind the duplex door when Castro fired.

Federal Charges

A federal grand jury on Sept. 2 charged Castro with making materially false statements to an FBI agent - a different allegation from the state misdemeanor of falsely reporting a crime. He had been released on federal bond earlier this month, with a GPS monitor, after an appearance in U.S. District Court in McAllen, Texas.

The indictment alleged that Castro's account was false: "No person struck Castro with a broom. ... No person struck Castro with a snow shovel."

Prosecutors said the clash lasted 11 seconds, not three minutes, and that Castro "was not seated or lying on his back when he discharged his firearm toward the fleeing men, but rather was standing."

Texas Extradition

After the shooting, DHS sent Castro back to Texas, his home state, according to Texas officials who later argued he was not a fugitive because he had not fled Minnesota. That move delayed Minnesota's first attempt to take him into custody on the state warrant.

Texas Rangers arrested him May 29, with BCA investigators and DHS staff present. Hennepin County later corrected an earlier claim that DHS Office of Inspector General agents made the arrest; OIG denied involvement. An ICE Office of Professional Responsibility officer was present.

Castro served 90 days in a Texas jail. He was released Aug. 27 after U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. refused to force Texas to extradite him or keep him jailed past the state's 90-day limit. The judge said the law does not require Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to turn over a fugitive within a certain time frame.

Minnesota officials called Castro a flight risk. State Attorney General Keith Ellison's office pointed to Castro's jail calls with a woman in Mexico "about marrying her and buying a house in Mexico when he is released."

Ellison sued Abbott in August.

"Governor Abbott is trying to shield Castro from being held accountable for these serious charges by refusing to extradite him to Minnesota," Ellison said. "I will not stand for that, so I'm taking Abbott to court. Christian Castro will stand trial in Minnesota."

Abbott said he did not trust Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

"While they're making demands, I got a demand of my own, and that is, it's time for Minnesota to step up and repay the United States of America and Americans for all the fraud that they have committed in their state under federal programs."

Castro was arrested again in Texas after the September indictment, then came to Minneapolis this week. DHS has suspended him.

Reuters contributed to this report.

Tyler Durden Fri, 09/18/2026 - 19:15

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Huge Parallel Pro-Iran Demonstrations Take Over Sanaa & Tehran 

Parallel protests were held in Tehran and Sanaa on Friday - both involving Shia populations expressing defiance at the US-Saudi-Israel axis, at a moment the region is on fire and Iran and its proxies seek to assert dominance and control over global energy transit chokepoints. All the while American bases and forces are largely in retreat, as even Pentagon internal findings confirmed just this week.

Supporters of Yemen's Houthis were seen sporting rifles and raising them into the air during a rally on Friday in the Yemeni capital, in large part as a protests against Saudi Arabia's accusation that the Houthis targeted Islam's holiest site of Mecca.

🔵 A million-strong response to the call of the Leader of the Revolution, in support of the Armed Forces and the “siege for siege” equation, and in rejection of the serious accusations made by the criminal Saudi enemy.
Million-Man Marches in: (Supporting the armed forces,… pic.twitter.com/OSJbCchf7b

— قناة المسيرة (@TvAlmasirah) September 18, 2026

Military leaders representing Ansar Allah have vehemently rejected the charge, while Saudi allies like Pakistan have issued severe condemnations of the alleged targeting. No particular evidence has as yet been publicly presented of the alleged attempt to attack Mecca.

Over in Tehran, Friday saw a reported hundreds of thousands of Iranians march in a huge rally. "Iran says 313,000 people have been mobilized in Tehran as part of a broader defense strategy, with volunteers prepared for training and possible future crises," Al Jazeera reports of the demonstrations.

Commenting on widely released footage, DropSite News dubbed it the biggest government-organized demonstration since the US and Israel launched the war on Iran last February.

⚡️BREAKING: Mobilization has Begun in Tehran with the aim of Forming 1,000 Battalions and will now be Expanded to the Entire Country pic.twitter.com/p2hI6HizRH

— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) September 18, 2026

Throngs of people, many dressed in military or paramilitary uniforms, walked along side drones and weapons systems. It wasn't long ago that some of these same streets were being bombed by US and Israeli aircraft - with Iranian citizens showing they are ready to 'sacrifice'.

The public display is happening in tandem with a big Iranian recruitment drive. State media is touting that tens of thousands of Iranians have signed up for volunteer units.

Top Iranian leaders, including the president, were on hand openly walking the streets, via AP

Tehran’s Republican Guard chief, Gen. Hassan Hassanzadeh, has claimed that over 600,000 had registered to receive formal training in weapons and military tactics in the case of an American ground invasion.

🎦 Aerial footage of the 313,000-strong "Devotees of Iran" exercise pic.twitter.com/ZPSSy9G3nt

— Middle East Observer (@ME_Observer_) September 18, 2026

This appears to be Iran's symbolic answer to President Trump this week saying that he is at a "critical juncture" regarding the war in Iran, weighing whether to launch massive new attacks or pursue a different path to end the conflict.

He has previously indicated his belief that war will continue through the November midterm elections. But he has newly said: "I have a big decision coming up. Do I want to go in and annihilate them [the Iranian regime] or do I not? It's a big decision. Anything could happen with me."

Thousands of people took part in the “Sacrifice for Iran” campaign in Tehran, staging a march from Imam Hossein Square to Enghelab Square to demonstrate national unity.

Follow: https://t.co/oa9JV4ikYQ pic.twitter.com/H02KIq3sAT

— Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) September 18, 2026

And so it seems Iranian leadership is using the Friday call to action in the streets to signal Washington 'we are ready' should an escalated war be ordered by Trump.

State media is touting that even Iran's Christian community was represented at the Friday marches and demonstration...

Iran's Christian community were amongst the many who pledged to defend Iran at Tehran’s massive “Sacrifice for Iran” rally earlier today.

Follow Press TV on Telegram: https://t.co/GHI09iAGh2 pic.twitter.com/EYpTAvpzXj

— Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) September 18, 2026

Mainstream media is unlikely to give the demonstrations, whether in Tehran or Sanaa, much coverage or attention.

Members of Iran's Basij paramilitary force parade in Tehran before Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, joined by thousands of pro-government demonstrators as part of a campaign launched by authorities for volunteers pledging to "Sacrifice for Iran". pic.twitter.com/y8gx37Wq7y

— Roya News English (@RoyaNewsEnglish) September 18, 2026

But the same mainstream pundit class keeps getting the internal dynamics of Iranian society dead wrong, having often echoed the misleading claim throughout the conflict that Iran was "on the brink of collapse" - mindlessly echoing Trump admin officials' wishful thinking and misinformation. After months of bombing and intermittent attack by the most powerful military in the world (the United States), where is the collapse?

Tyler Durden Fri, 09/18/2026 - 18:50