Federal agents near the scene where a federal agent shot a man from Venezuela while trying to detain him in Minneapolis, Jan. 14, 2026. Law enforcement officials from Minnesota and Texas on Friday, May 29, arrested Christian Castro, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting the Venezuelan immigrant this year and lying about it. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
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MINNEAPOLIS — Law enforcement officials from Minnesota and Texas on Friday arrested an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant this year and lying about it.
The agent, Christian Castro, 52, was arrested in Texas after investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension tracked him down, according to the Hennepin County attorney’s office, which had charged him with four counts of second-degree assault this month.
“Today’s arrest is a critical step forward in our prosecution of Mr. Castro,” Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County attorney, said in a statement.
Daniel Borgertpoepping, a spokesperson for the office, said investigators from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General and from the Texas Rangers had helped take Castro into custody.
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This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
By Ernesto Londoño/David Guttenfelder
c. 2026 The New York Times Company
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