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Christian Castro is charged with four counts of second-degree assault and falsely reporting a crime. Castro was arrested in Harlingen, Texas, on May 29 on a Hennepin County warrant charging him with four felony counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and a misdemeanor count of falsely reporting a crime — KSTP 5 Eyewitness News
He fired through the closed front door and hit Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg. Castro is accused of firing his gun through the closed front door of a north Minneapolis home on January 14, hitting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg; three other people were inside and one bullet was found embedded in the wall of a child’s bedroom, according to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty — Minnesota Reformer
He told the FBI the men inside had come at him with a broom and a snow shovel. Castro initially told FBI investigators that Sosa-Celis and others had attacked him using a snow shovel and a broom handle as weapons, in a sworn statement contradicted by video evidence of the shooting — KSTP 5 Eyewitness News
Video showed otherwise, and the Justice Department dropped the charges it had filed against them. Castro and another agent accused Sosa-Celis and a second man of assaulting federal authorities with a broom handle and snow shovel; those allegations were disproven after video of the incident emerged, criminal charges against Sosa-Celis were dropped, and then-acting ICE director Todd Lyons confirmed in February that the agents appeared to have made untruthful statements — Al Jazeera
Abbott says he has serious doubts that Castro is a fugitive. Abbott has declined to sign off on Castro’s extradition, saying he has “serious doubts” that Castro is a fugitive whom he is legally bound to return to Minnesota — Houston Chronicle
So he handed the question to his own secretary of state for an investigation with no deadline. Abbott said in legal filings he is waiting for his secretary of state to complete an investigation into whether Castro qualifies as a fugitive under the law, an inquiry he directed last month — Houston Chronicle
A federal judge said Wednesday there was nothing to rule on, because Abbott had neither agreed nor refused to sign. In a 13-page decision, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. denied Minnesota’s request, finding the dispute was not ripe for adjudication and writing that the record reflects only that Abbott has neither agreed nor refused to sign the rendition warrant — CBS News Minnesota
Thursday morning the ninety-day limit in Texas law expired and Castro walked out of the Brownsville jail at 6:59 a.m. Castro was released from the Cameron County jail in Brownsville at 6:59 a.m. Thursday, August 27, after a judge ruled he could no longer be held while Minnesota sought his extradition, according to Sheriff Manuel Trevino — Houston Chronicle
Thursday morning the ninety-day limit in Texas law expired. Under Texas law, and barring extradition, Castro had to be released after 90 days of detention, a deadline that fell on Thursday — Associated Press via PBS NewsHour
Minnesota’s filings say Castro owns property in Mexico. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison submitted affidavits showing Castro was in a romantic relationship with a woman in Mexico and owns property there, presenting a possible flight risk — Minnesota Reformer
They let him out on the border. Cameron County, where Castro was jailed and released, sits on the U.S.-Mexico border — Minnesota Reformer