Judge denies Minnesota bid to keep ICE agent jailed in Texas

(FOX 9) - A judge has denied an attempt by Minnesota officials to block the release of the ICE agent charged in a January shooting in Minneapolis as the state battles with Texas Governor Greg Abbott over the agent's extradition. A federal judge is expected to rule whether Texas must extradite ICE officer Christian Castro to Minnesota, where he faces assault and false reporting charges stemming from a January shooting. Minnesota is asking the court to keep Castro in custody and force Gov. Greg Abbott to extradite him, while Texas argues Abbott needs more time to investigate. Castro's 90-day pre-extradition detention period expires Thursday, potentially allowing Texas to release him.

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Scoop News DeskMinnesota · Published Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 12:07 PM UTCUpdated Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 9:41 AM UTC

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Minnesota's attorney general shared the following statement: "I respectfully but strongly disagree with the court’s order, which nonetheless acknowledges that Christian Castro is a flight risk, that Minnesota will be harmed if he is allowed to flee to Mexico, and that Governor Abbott’s consideration of Minnesota’s extradition request is of ‘an atypically long duration’ — to say the least. He faces four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime in connection with the on-duty shooting that wounded a man back in January.

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