美国司法部对移民海关执法局（ICE）官员克里斯蒂安·卡斯特罗提起联邦诉讼，指控其在明尼苏达州一起枪击事件后向调查人员作虚假陈述1。卡斯特罗被控六项向联邦当局作虚假陈述罪1。他声称自己遭到扫帚和铲子攻击才开枪，但起诉书明确否认这一说法，指出"没有人用扫帚击中卡斯特罗，也没有人如他描述的那样挥舞扫帚和雪铲"1。
事件发生于2024年1月，当时卡斯特罗在冬季移民执法行动期间射伤了委内瑞拉籍男子朱利奥·塞萨尔·索萨-塞利斯，后者在腿部中枪1。根据起诉书，卡斯特罗实际上仅在短暂身体接触后就透过门射伤被害人1。卡斯特罗于周四向联邦当局投案1。
案件也揭示了司法部内部的分歧。检察官马修·埃文斯在电子邮件中表示，虚假陈述指控是"违背我最强烈的反对"被提出的，并称该决定"由主司法部和美国律师指导"1。埃文斯已被司法部解雇，司法部正在调查其是否存在违法行为1。这是Operation Metro Surge行动期间联邦官员首次面临司法部起诉1。被害人律师罗宾·沃尔珀特要求"卡斯特罗为其犯罪受到完全追究"1。
Federal prosecutors have charged Christian Castro, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, with making false statements to investigators regarding a shooting that occurred during an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota.1 Castro is facing six counts of lying to federal agents about the circumstances that led him to shoot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan man, in the leg.1
According to the Justice Department's allegations, Castro claimed he opened fire after being attacked with a broom and shovel, but the federal charging document directly contradicts this account.1 The indictment states that "no one struck Castro with a broom, nor did anyone swing a broom and snow shovel as he described."1 Instead, prosecutors contend that Castro discharged his weapon through a door following only brief physical contact with the victim during the January 2024 operation.1
The case has also exposed internal discord within the Justice Department.1 Prosecutor Matthew Evans expressed in an email that the false statement charges were brought "in direct opposition to my strongest objections" and that the decision was made "by Main Justice and the U.S. Attorney's office."1 Evans has since been terminated, and the Justice Department is investigating whether he violated the law.1 This marks the first federal prosecution of a Justice Department official during Operation Metro Surge enforcement activities.1 Robin Wallpert, the attorney representing the shooting victim, has called for Castro to be "held fully accountable for his crimes."1
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