ICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting released in Texas after immediate extradition rejected

After a judge refused to order his return to Minnesota, BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) – An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying regarding it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was issued from a Texas jail Thursday.

Key points

• Wrote in an order that remarked he couldn't prevent a county sheriff from releasing Castro or order Texas Gov.
• Christian Castro was published at the break of dawn from a detention center in Brownsville.
• Castro is charged in Minnesota with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan.

What happened

Christian Castro was published at the break of dawn from a detention center in Brownsville. He motioned his hand toward a few camera operators and a reporter crowding around him and rapidly secured into an SUV that drove off.

Meanwhile, a day earlier, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. Wrote in an order that remarked he couldn't prevent a county sheriff from releasing Castro or order Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to sign his extradition warrant.

Castro is charged in Minnesota with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 shooting of 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.

The bottom line

In short, ICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting released in Texas after immediate extradition is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.