Prosecutor asks Gov. Abbott to sign extradition papers for RGV ICE agent facing assault charges in Minnesota
· KRGV (NBC 5)
The Hennepin County Attorney, Mary F. Moriarty, has requested Texas Governor Greg Abbott to sign extradition papers for Christian Castro, an ICE agent from the Rio Grande Valley, facing multiple assault charges in Minnesota. Castro is charged with four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of falsely reporting a crime, stemming from a January 14, 2026, incident in Minneapolis where he shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Arrested on May 29, 2026, in Harlingen, Castro remains in Cameron County jail with a bail set at $200,000. The governor's office has not commented on the extradition request.
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