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[^1]\n\nA federal indictment unsealed on 2026-09-04 charges Christian Castro, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, with six counts of making false statements to investigators in the first Justice Department prosecution of a federal officer for actions during Operation Metro Surge. [^2]\n\nFederal prosecutors withdrew charges against Julio Cesar Sosa Celis and another man, who had been accused of attacking an ICE agent with a broomstick and a snow shovel, after video evidence showed that agents may have lied about the incident during the Minneapolis standoff. [^3]\n\nProPublica reported that a federal prosecutor told lawyers for Julio Cesar Sosa Celis that Justice Department officials blocked a more serious civil rights charge against Christian Castro, while an anonymous source familiar with the investigation said the civil rights investigation continues and no final decision has been made. [^4]\n\nTexas Governor Greg Abbott refused to immediately sign the extradition order for Christian Castro, who was released last week after a federal judge declined to order Texas to hand him over to Minnesota authorities. [^5]\n\nMinnesota officials have separately charged Castro with assault and false reporting of a crime related to the nonfatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in January 2026. [^6]\n\nThe federal indictment alleges that Castro falsely told an FBI agent that a man grabbed a red broom off a front porch and hit him, and that another man hit him with a snow shovel, before he opened fire. [^7]\n\nThe federal indictment says 'No person struck' Castro 'with a broom as he described, and no persons wielded the broom and snow shovel as he described.' 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