Christian Castro, an officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, appeared before a United States magistrate judge.
移民和海关执法局官员克里斯蒂安·卡斯特罗在美国治安法官面前出庭。
This came after prosecutors indicted him this month on six counts of making false statements to federal authorities, in connection with the shooting of Julio César Sosa-Celis on January 14.
此前,检方本月就1月14日胡利奥·塞萨尔·索萨-塞利斯遭枪击一事,以六项联邦虚假陈述罪名起诉了他。
Castro, dressed in a black suit and wearing an electronic monitoring device on his ankle, said almost nothing throughout the hearing.
卡斯特罗身着黑色西装,脚踝处佩戴着电子监控装置,在整个听证会过程中几乎未曾发言。
Earlier this year, ICE had already suspended him without pay.
早在今年早些时候,ICE便已对其作出停职停薪的处理。
The day before the federal hearing, Castro had just appeared in state court on an assault charge and was subsequently released.
卡斯特罗在联邦听证会的前一天,刚因袭击指控在州法院出庭,随后获释。
His defense attorney, Daniel Goetz, declined to comment on the case as he left the courthouse on Friday.
他的辩护律师丹尼尔·格茨周五离开法院时,拒绝对此案发表评论。
Before these court proceedings began, months of legal wrangling had already unfolded over whether Castro, 52, should be extradited from his home state of Texas to Minnesota to face the charges.
在这些法庭程序启动之前,围绕52岁的卡斯特罗是否应被从家乡州得克萨斯引渡至明尼苏达以面对指控,已历经数月的法律拉锯。
After being released from a Texas prison last month, he ultimately returned on his own.
上个月从得克萨斯一所监狱获释后,他最终自行返回。
The case was immediately swept into a nationwide political maelstrom.
此案旋即被卷入全国性的政治漩涡之中。
Minnesota has long been a frequent target of President Donald Trump's attacks, as he has repeatedly mocked Democratic Governor Tim Walz — who ran as a vice-presidential candidate in the previous presidential election — as well as Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who was born in Somalia.
明尼苏达州向来是总统唐纳德·特朗普频繁攻击的靶标,他屡屡对民主党籍州长蒂姆·沃尔兹——此人曾在上届总统选举中作为副总统候选人参选——以及出生于索马里的众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔加以嘲讽。
Trump's ally, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, has sometimes linked his refusal to sign Castro's extradition order to the ongoing investigation into large-scale fraud in Minnesota's government social services programs.
特朗普的盟友、得克萨斯州州长格雷格·阿博特有时将其拒绝签署卡斯特罗引渡令一事,与明尼苏达州政府社会服务项目中大规模欺诈案的持续调查相挂钩。
Trump, for his part, has used these fraud investigations to justify his crackdown.
特朗普则借这些欺诈调查为其镇压行动提供正当性依据。
In the federal and state cases against Castro, prosecutors allege that he fired a shot through the front door of a home in Minneapolis, striking 24-year-old Sosa-Celis in the leg.
在针对卡斯特罗的联邦和州案件中,检方指控他隔着明尼阿波利斯一户人家的前门开枪,击中24岁的索萨-塞利斯的腿部。
Prosecutors further allege that Castro later lied to investigators, claiming that he had been attacked with a broom handle and a snow shovel before the shooting.
检方还称,卡斯特罗事后向调查人员撒谎,声称自己在开枪前曾遭到扫帚柄和雪铲袭击。
After officials warned that he might flee across the US-Mexico border once released from a Texas prison, he ultimately surrendered to federal authorities.
在官员警告称,他从得克萨斯一所监狱获释后可能越过美墨边境逃跑后,他最终向联邦当局自首。
Earlier this month, he was separately indicted in a US federal district court.
本月早些时候,他在美国联邦地区法院被另行起诉。
This is the first time the Department of Justice has brought criminal charges against a federal official for their conduct during this year's "Operation Metro Surge."
这是司法部首次对今年“都会激增行动”期间一名联邦官员的行为提起公诉。
The operation deployed thousands of agents to the Twin Cities area and sparked large-scale protests, arrests, and the fatal shooting of two American citizens by federal officials.
该行动将数千名探员部署到双城地区,并引发了大规模抗议、逮捕以及联邦官员枪杀两名美国公民的事件。
At an earlier hearing presided over by a federal judge in Texas, Castro was released on $75,000 bail and ordered to wear a GPS ankle monitor.
在得克萨斯州一名联邦法官主持的此前一场听证会上,卡斯特罗以7.5万美元的保释金获释,并被责令佩戴GPS脚踝监控器。
In addition, he was required to surrender his passport and any personal firearms.
此外,他还被要求交出护照及任何个人枪支。
Minnesota authorities and the Trump administration are locked in a dispute, the crux of which is who should handle any charges against Castro.
明尼苏达当局与特朗普政府争执不休,核心问题在于应由谁处理对卡斯特罗的任何指控。
The Department of Homeland Security called Minnesota's prosecution of Castro "unlawful and nothing more than a political stunt," and said that only federal authorities have jurisdiction.
国土安全部称明尼苏达州对卡斯特罗的起诉“非法,不过是政治噱头”,并称只有联邦当局拥有管辖权。
On May 29, authorities, including the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, arrested Castro in Texas, after a Minnesota judge had issued a nationwide arrest warrant.
5月29日,包括明尼苏达州刑事逮捕局在内的当局在得克萨斯州逮捕了卡斯特罗,此前一名明尼苏达州法官已签发全国逮捕令。