2026-08-26T19:50:52.292Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
一名联邦法官周三裁定，无需命令得州当局关押一名被控枪击移民的移民海关执法局（ICE）特工，以待明尼苏达州启动引渡程序。
法官表示，他无权审理明尼苏达州民主党州长蒂姆·瓦尔茨上周提起的诉讼。瓦尔茨当时要求暂时将该特工羁押，法官认为没有证据证明得州州长违反了联邦法律，而瓦尔茨曾主张得州州长存在此类违规行为。
此次裁决的结果是，得州官员最快可于周四释放该特工克里斯蒂安·卡斯特罗，尽管共和党州长格雷格·雅培仍在考虑6月收到的引渡请求。
“明尼苏达州不能将其诉讼请求建立在‘雅培州长可能在未来违反引渡法’的指控之上，”由特朗普任命的费尔南多·罗德里格斯二世法官在裁决书中写道，“法庭面前的记录……显示雅培州长并未拒绝引渡移交令的申请。”
他继续说道：“明尼苏达州并未指出任何成文法或宪法条款要求雅培州长在特定时限内完成调查并决定是否签署引渡移交令。”
得州骑警于5月29日在得州卡梅伦县根据全国通缉令逮捕了卡斯特罗。明尼苏达州对其提起四项重罪指控和一项轻罪指控，起因是他在明尼阿波利斯地区“地铁激增行动”高峰期枪击了胡利奥·索萨-塞利斯。明尼苏达州亨内平县的检察官表示，卡斯特罗透过住宅前门朝索萨-塞利斯腿部开枪，造成其受伤，并危及屋内其他数人。
根据得州刑事诉讼程序政策，等待引渡的逃犯羁押期限不得超过90天，因此卡斯特罗最快可于8月27日获释。
卡梅伦县警长曼努埃尔·特雷维尼奥周三告诉CNN，他正在等待县检察官的进一步指导，以决定是否释放卡斯特罗。
CNN已尝试联系卡斯特罗的律师，以及明尼苏达州总检察长和雅培的代表。
明尼苏达州上周对得州提起诉讼，主张卡斯特罗因与墨西哥一名女子存在恋爱关系，存在逃往墨西哥的风险。罗德里格斯周三承认，卡斯特罗潜在的逃往墨西哥行为“会给明尼苏达州的公诉工作带来困难”，但表示仅凭这一担忧不足以克服他在本案中指出的程序问题。
“伤害威胁本身并不构成适合裁决的争议点，”法官写道。
得州方面反对引渡，原因是明尼苏达州将卡斯特罗贴上“逃犯”标签的做法引发争议。根据移民海关执法局外勤办公室主任的声明，卡斯特罗在枪击事件发生后于1月被遣返回得州的总部。雅培的办公室辩称，引渡权力仅适用于逃犯，且根据法律，得州并不认为卡斯特罗是在逃避刑事责任的逃犯。
在得州推进引渡程序的同时，美国司法部一直在考虑提起联邦公诉，但截至周二尚未作出决定。
司法部发言人艾米丽·卡温顿本周告诉CNN，民权部门的官员已与明尼苏达州当地检察官进行了会谈。目前尚不清楚司法部最终会以何种罪名起诉卡斯特罗，即便真的提出指控。卡温顿将此次会谈描述为任何正在进行的调查中的常规环节。
提起联邦公诉对特朗普政府而言是一项重大举措，该政府此前一直极力阻挠追究ICE特工在其他枪击事件中的责任。
对这名警官提起联邦诉讼本身并不会阻止明尼苏达州的诉讼程序同步进行。
德文·科尔和惠特尼·怀尔德为本报道贡献了内容。
Federal judge won’t require ICE agent to remain imprisoned in Texas while extradition fight plays out
2026-08-26T19:50:52.292Z / CNN
A federal judge declined on Wednesday to order Texas officials to keep an ICE agent accused of shooting an immigrant in custody while Minnesota’s effort to extradite him play out.
The judge said he lacked authority over a lawsuit brought by Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz last week that aimed to keep the agent behind bars for now because he didn’t think there was evidence that Texas’ governor had violated federal law, as Walz argued.
The upshot is that officials in Texas may be able to release the agent, Christian Castro, as soon as Thursday, even as GOP Gov. Greg Abbott mulls an extradition request made to him in June.
“Minnesota cannot premise its causes of action on the allegation that Governor Abbott may” violate extradition laws in the future, Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., a Trump appointee, wrote in the ruling. “The record before the court … reveals that Governor Abbott has not denied the request for a rendition warrant.”
He continued: “Minnesota identifies no statutory or constitutional provision requiring Governor Abbott to complete his investigation and decide whether to sign the rendition warrant within a particular time period.”
Texas Rangers arrested Castro in Cameron County, Texas, on May 29 on a nationwide warrant. He faced four felony charges and a misdemeanor in Minnesota after the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis during the height of Operation Metro Surge in the Minneapolis area. Prosecutors in Hennepin County, Minnesota, say Castro shot Sosa-Celis in the leg through the front door of a home, injuring him and endangering several other people who were also inside.
Castro is eligible for release from custody altogether as soon as August 27 due to a Texas criminal procedure policy that puts a 90-day limit on the detention of fugitives awaiting extradition.
The Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Treviño told CNN on Wednesday that he’s waiting for further guidance from county attorneys on whether to release Castro.
CNN has attempted to reach Castro’s lawyer as well as representatives for the Minnesota attorney general and Abbott.
Minnesota, which sued Texas last week, argued that Castro posed a flight risk to Mexico due to a romantic relationship he has with a woman in Mexico. Rodriguez on Wednesday recognized that Castro’s potential flight to Mexico would “impose a hardship on Minnesota’s prosecutorial efforts,” but said that that concern alone was not enough to overcome the procedural issued he identified in the case.
“The threat of injury by itself does not create an issue ripe for adjudication,” the judge wrote.
Texas resisted the extradition because it took issue with Minnesota’s labeling of Castro as a “fugitive.” Castro was ordered back to his home base in Texas in January after the shooting, according to statements from an ICE field office director. Abbott’s office argued that extradition powers only apply to fugitives and it did not consider Castro a fugitive who was fleeing criminal liability, according to the law.
As the extradition fight plays out in Texas, the Justice Department has been considering a federal prosecution, but no decision had been made on Tuesday.
Justice Department spokeswoman Emily Covington told CNN this week that officials in the civil rights division have held conversations with local prosecutors in Minnesota. It is not clear what, if anything, the Justice Department will ultimately charge Castro with. Covington described the conversations as a standard part of any ongoing investigation.
Federal charges would mark a significant move for the Trump administration, which has vigorously resisted attempts to hold ICE officers accountable for other shootings.
Bringing a federal case against the officer wouldn’t on its own stop the Minnesota case from proceeding simultaneously.
Devan Cole and Whitney Wild contributed to this report.
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