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Minnesota officials charge ICE agent in shooting of Venezuelan immigrant

South China Morning Post · · 205 words · By Reuters
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“Prosecutors in Minnesota on Monday charged a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent with assault in connection with the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis in January”
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Multiple independent sources (CNN, and two other web search results) confirm that Minnesota prosecutors charged an ICE agent for the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis in January.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old American intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot multiple times and killed by two United States Cust…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Alex_Pretti
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Minnesota ICE shootings refer to: Killing of Renée Good in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026 Shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in North Minneapolis on January 14, 2026 Killing of Alex Pretti in Minneap…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_ICE_shootings
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Operation Metro Surge was an operation by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with the stated purpose of apprehending undocumented i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Metro_Surge
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“Christian Castro, 53, was charged with four felony counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and a misdemeanour of falsely reporting a crime”
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The Straits Times and The Guardian both report that Christian Castro was charged with five counts (four felony counts of second-degree assault and one misdemeanor of falsely reporting a crime) in connection with the shooting.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christian Mishel Castro Bello (born 14 February 1984) is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In the 2024 general election he was elected to a plurinominal seat in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Castro_Bello
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The discography of Mexican Latin pop singer—songwriter Cristian Castro.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristian_Castro_discography
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Verónica Judith Sáinz Castro (Spanish pronunciation: [beˈɾonika ˈkastɾo]; born 19 October 1952) is a Mexican actress and television personality. She began her career in the late 1960s with minor film …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verónica_Castro
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“Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty told a press conference [about the charges]”
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Web search results explicitly mention Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty holding a news conference on May 18, 2026, where she presented the charges against Christian Castro.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mary Frances Moriarty is an American attorney and elected official serving as the County Attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Moriarty
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web search NEUTRAL — Hennepin County attorney Mary Moriarty holds up a document containing charges against ICE agent Christian Castro during a news conference at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, on Mo…
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/minnesota-county-cha…
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“Castro was the second federal agent to be charged by Minneapolis officials in connection with Trump’s immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis”
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Two independent sources (The Straits Times and another web search result) explicitly state that Castro was the second federal officer/agent to face felony charges in Minnesota stemming from Operation Metro Surge.
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web search NEUTRAL — The agent is the second federal officer to face felony charges in Minnesota stemming from Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/ice-agent-charges-vene…
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web search NEUTRAL — Castro was the second federal agent to be charged by Minneapolis officials in connection with Trump's immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, during which Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-C…
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/minnesota-officials-charg…
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web search NEUTRAL — Christian Castro charged with five counts over shooting of Julio César Sosa-Celis in Trump immigration crackdown.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/ice-officer-…
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“Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg”
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Wikipedia (Operation Metro Surge entry) and multiple web search results confirm that Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan national, was shot in the leg.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.Sosa-Celis, the man who was shot and who ICE said was the target of the stop, was not in the car. The driver fled the stop, crashing into a light pole near the house…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Metro_Surge
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web search NEUTRAL — 15 as Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis and said he is from Venezuela. DHS said he remained hospitalized after being shot in the leg by a federal immigration officer during a targeted traffic stop in the city on…
https://www.aol.com/articles/officials-identify-man-shot-leg…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three men —Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, Alfredo Alejandro Ajorna and Gabriel Alejandro Hernandez-Ledzema — were arrested on Wednesday in connection to the attack on an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. …
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/ice-venezuelan-illegal-alien-s…
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“two US citizens were shot dead by federal agents [during the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis]”
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Multiple sources confirm the deaths of two US citizens (Renee Good and Alex Pretti) shot by federal agents during the surge in Minneapolis. This is corroborated by Wikipedia and news reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — The killings of two US citizens in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents led to protests not only in Minnesota, but also nationwide. The impact of the immigration raids, such as the detention of f…
https://www.dw.com/en/minneapolis-immigration-crackdown-to-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump deployed his "border tsar" Tom Homan to lead on-the-ground immigration enforcement in Minneapolis in January, after two US citizens were shot dead by federal agents in the ci…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjw1pn4lwjqo
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web search NEUTRAL — Months after federal immigration agents shot and killed two people and wounded a third in separate incidents during the ICE surge in Minneapolis, the status of the federal investigations into the thre…
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/10/nx-s1-5775847/alex-pretti-ren…
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“Two federal officers involved in the Sosa-Celis shooting appeared to have lied about events that led up to the incident, a senior ICE official said in February”
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Three separate web search results confirm that a senior ICE official stated in February that two officers appeared to have lied or made false statements regarding the Sosa-Celis shooting, which led to the dismissal of charges against the civilians.
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web search NEUTRAL — Two federal officers involved in the Sosa-Celis shooting appeared to have lied about events that led up to the incident, a senior ICE official said in February.Consumers remain resilient in the face o…
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-05-18/minnes…
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web search NEUTRAL — Federal charges against two migrants involved were then dropped in February after ICE officials said two officers appeared to have made false statements.One of the men, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, was sho…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydwr3m1pvo
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web search NEUTRAL — DHS and ICE have sidelined two agents for allegedly lying under oath about a January shooting in Minneapolis. Video evidence directly refuted the agents' claims of being attacked, leading to the dismi…
https://www.visaverge.com/immigration/dhs-says-immigration-a…
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