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ICE officer pleads not guilty to making false statements to the FBI regarding a non-fatal shooting in Minneapolis

ICE officer pleads not guilty to making false statements to the FBI regarding a non-fatal shooting in Minneapolis

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September 18th, 2026

ICE officer pleads not guilty to making false statements to the FBI regarding a non-fatal shooting in Minneapolis

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Before federal prosecutors on Friday, the immigration officer pleaded not guilty to the federal charges brought against him for having falsely stated to the FBI that he had been assaulted prior to shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man during an immigration crackdown carried out in Minneapolis earlier this year.

連邦検察当局に対し移民局職員は本年当初にミネアポリスにおいて実施された移民取締りの際ベネズエラ人男性を射撃し負傷させるに先立ち襲撃を受けたとFBIに虚偽の申告をなしたとして起訴された連邦罪につき金曜日無罪を主張した

Christian Castro, an officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), appeared before a United States magistrate judge after a federal grand jury indicted him on six federal charges for making false statements regarding the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, which occurred on January 14 of this month.

移民税関捜査局(ICE)の職員クリスチャン・カストロは、今月1月14日に発生したフリオ・セサル・ソサ=セリス銃撃に関し虚偽の供述を行ったとして連邦大陪審により6つの連邦罪で起訴された後、米国治安判事の面前に出廷した

Clad in a black suit, with an electronic monitoring device exposed at his ankle, Castro said scarcely a word throughout the hearing.

黒いスーツに身を包み足首に電子監視装置が露わとなっているカストロは公聴会の間ほとんど発言をしなかった

Earlier this year, he had been placed on unpaid suspension by ICE.

彼は今年初めICEから無給の停職処分を課されていた

Castro's federal hearing took place the day after he was ordered to appear in state court on assault charges and was released from custody.

カストロの連邦公聴会は暴行罪により州裁判所へ出廷を命じられ身柄を釈放されたその翌日に執り行われた

His attorney, Daniel Gartz, declined to comment on the matter as he left the courthouse on Friday.

彼の弁護人であるダニエル・ガーツは金曜日に裁判所を後にする際本件に関するコメントを差し控えた

The court proceedings took place after months of legal wrangling over whether Castro, 52, would be extradited from his home state of Texas to face charges in Minnesota.

法廷手続きは52歳のカストロが自宅のあるテキサス州からミネソタ州における起訴に応じるべく身柄を引き渡されるか否かをめぐる、数ヶ月に及ぶ法的闘争を経て行われた

He returned of his own accord after being released from a Texas prison last month.

彼は先月テキサス州の刑務所から釈放された後自ら戻ってきたのである

The case was swiftly drawn into the maelstrom of national politics.

本件は瞬く間に国の政治の渦中へと巻き込まれることとなった。

Minnesota has remained a persistent target of President Donald Trump, who routinely holds up for ridicule Governor Tim Walz, the Democrat who ran as his party's vice-presidential nominee in the previous election, as well as Representative Ilhan Omar, who was born in Somalia.

ミネソタ州はドナルド・トランプ大統領による執拗な標的であり続けており同大統領は前回の大統領選挙において副大統領候補として出馬した民主党のティム・ウォルズ知事さらにはソマリア生まれのイルハン・オマール下院議員定期的に嘲笑の的としている

Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas and an ally of Trump, has repeatedly linked his refusal to sign the warrant for Castro's extradition to an ongoing investigation into large-scale fraud in Minnesota's government social services programs.

トランプの盟友たるテキサス州のグレッグ・アボット知事はカストロの身柄引き渡し令状への署名を拒否した次第をミネソタ州の政府社会サービスプログラムにおける大規模詐欺に関する継続中の捜査と折に触れて結びつけてきた

Trump has seized upon such fraud investigations to justify his crackdown.

トランプはかかる詐欺捜査を取締りの正当化のために活用したのである

In both the federal and state cases against Castro, prosecutors allege that he fired through the front door of a Minneapolis residence, shooting a 24-year-old Sosa-Celis in the leg.

カストロに対する連邦および州の双方の事件において検察側は、彼がミネアポリスの住宅の玄関ドア越しに発砲し24歳のソサ=セリスの脚部を撃ち抜いた主張している

Prosecutors further contend that Castro subsequently made a false statement to investigators, claiming that he had been assaulted with a broom handle and a snow shovel prior to the shooting.

検察側はさらにカストロが後に捜査官らに対し発砲に先立ってほうきの柄と雪かき用シャベルで襲撃されたとの虚偽の供述をなしたと述べている

Although Minnesota prosecutors indicted him in May, their efforts to secure his extradition from Texas, where he had been taken into custody, ultimately came to nothing.

ミネソタ州の検察当局が5月に彼を起訴したものの、彼が逮捕されていたテキサス州からの身柄引き渡しを巡る取り組みは妨げられるに至った。

It was ultimately a warning from officials that he might abscond across the U.S.-Mexico border following his release from a Texas prison that prompted him to surrender to federal authorities.

彼はテキサス州の刑務所からの釈放を経て米墨国境を越えて逃亡する虞があるとの当局者による警告を最終的に受けたことを契機として連邦当局に出頭した

It should be noted that he had been separately indicted in a U.S. district court earlier this month.

なお彼は今月初旬に米国地方裁判所において別途起訴されていたものである。

This is the first instance in which a federal officer has been prosecuted by the Department of Justice in connection with actions taken during this year's "Operation Metro Surge."

これは本年度の「オペレーション・メトロ・サージ」における行動に関し連邦職員が司法省より訴追を受けた嚆矢たる事例である

The operation deployed thousands of investigators to the Twin Cities, ultimately giving rise to widespread protests, arrests, and even the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens by federal officers.

同作戦は数千人規模の捜査官をツインシティズへ投入し広範にわたる抗議行動逮捕さらには連邦職員による米国市民2名の致命的な射殺という事態を惹起するに至った

At a recent hearing presided over by a federal judge in Texas, Castro was granted release on $75,000 bail and required to wear a GPS ankle monitor.

テキサス州の連邦判事が主宰した先般の公聴会においてカストロは7万5000ドルの保釈金を以て釈放を許されGPS足首モニターの装着を義務づけられた

He was further ordered to surrender his passport as well as any personal firearms.

さらに彼は旅券ならびに個人的な銃器を提出するよう命じられた。

Minnesota authorities have been embroiled in a dispute with the Trump administration over which entity should have jurisdiction over any charges brought against Castro.

ミネソタ州当局はカストロに対するいかなる起訴を管轄すべきかをめぐりトランプ政権と係争を繰り広げてきた

The Department of Homeland Security has denounced Minnesota's prosecution of Castro as "unlawful and nothing more than a political charade," asserting that only federal authorities possess jurisdiction.

国土安全保障省はミネソタ州によるカストロの訴追を違法であり政治的見せかけに過ぎないと断じ連邦当局のみが管轄権を有すると主張している

Authorities, including the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, arrested Castro in Texas on May 29, after a Minnesota judge issued a nationwide warrant.

ミネソタ州犯罪捜査局をはじめとする当局は、ミネソタ州の判事が全国的な令状を発布したことを受けて、5月29日、テキサス州においてカストロを逮捕した。

Although Minnesota requested his extradition while he was being detained in Texas, Governor Abbott refused to sign the extradition warrant.

ミネソタ州は、彼がテキサス州において拘留されているさなかに身柄引き渡しを要請したものの、アボット知事は引き渡し令状への署名を拒否した。

Russ Bynum, a reporter based in Savannah, Georgia, contributed to the writing of this article.

ジョージア州サバンナに拠点を置く記者、ラス・バイナムが本稿の執筆に寄与した。

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