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Minnesota Escalates Fight With Abbott Over ICE Agent Accused in Shooting

Minnesota’s attorney general has sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for refusing to extradite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan man in the leg in January.

On Tuesday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced he was suing Abbott, saying the governor was “refusing to honor the extradition request” sent by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in June. 

“Gov. Abbott has a mandatory obligation to issue the governor’s rendition warrant for Castro. He has no discretion to decline to do so. None. Yet Castro is still not here to face justice,” Ellison said Tuesday. 

In May, Christian Castro, an ICE agent, was arrested by Texas Rangers near the border on a nationwide warrant issued in Minnesota in connection with the shooting. 

The warrant stemmed from Castro shooting Venezuelan national Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg on Jan. 14 in Minneapolis.  

According to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security, Sosa-Celis was an illegal alien living in the........

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