A federal prosecutor who planned to file civil rights charges against an ICE agent for shooting Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis was fired after Trump administration officials blocked the charges. The agent was instead charged only with making false statements to investigators.
Federal prosecutors charged ICE agent Christian Castro with making false statements to investigators about a shooting incident in Minneapolis involving Venezuelan man Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. The case is notable as DOJ officials reportedly blocked more serious civil rights charges that a prosecutor had planned to file.
Angel Aguirre, former governor of Mexico's Guerrero state, has been arrested for allegedly ordering the destruction of evidence related to the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, a case that has become emblematic of impunity and state involvement with cartels in Mexico. Only three victims have been positively identified more than a decade later.
Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was sentenced to a $5,000 fine but spared prison time after being convicted in December of obstructing an official proceeding for helping a Mexican immigrant defendant evade ICE agents outside her courtroom.
