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Politics● ElevatedSep 18 · Sep 18, 2026, 5:18 PM

ICE officer pleads not guilty to lying to FBI about Minneapolis shooting

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from allegations that he lied to authorities about what led up to the January shooting of a Venezuelan man during Minneapolis enforcement operations. A federal grand jury indicted Christian Castro, 52, in early September on six counts of making materially…

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