‘Dozens of false statements’: Minnesota prosecutors say DHS lied about shovel attack during violent immigration arrests, charge ICE agent for shooting man in the leg

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent was criminally charged in Minnesota on Monday after shooting an innocent man and then lying about the circumstances of that incident, prosecutors say.

Christian Castro, 52, stands accused of four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime, according to a press release issued by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

The altercation occurred around 7 p.m. on Jan. 14, outside a duplex in Minneapolis and led to Julio Sosa-Celis, 24, being shot in the leg…

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