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US hands evidence to Minneapolis prosecutors in agent killings case
Prosecutors received body-cam videos and other digital evidence after six months of disputes and a lawsuit, and the state has already charged an ICE agent in a related January shooting.
The Trump administration has turned over withheld evidence to Minneapolis prosecutors tied to the killings of two immigration agents, local officials said Monday, adding material in three January incidents involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said the federal government provided the evidence after about six months of discussions, jurisdictional disputes, and a lawsuit, with prosecutors describing the package as voluminous.
Moriarty said the material includes videos from agents' body cameras, other digital evidence, and bullet-damaged elements from Renee Good's car. She credited federal officials for being willing to consider changing course, and said cooperation is needed for the community.
The cases involve an ICE agent fatally shooting Good in her car on January 7, Border Patrol agents fatally shooting Alex Pretti during protests on January 24, and ICE agents wounding Venezuelan citizen Julio Sosa-Celis on January 14. Moriarty said her office is still investigating the Pretti and Good shootings and has not said whether it will pursue state-law charges against the federal agents involved.
In the separate Sosa-Celis incident, Moriarty's office has already brought charges under Minnesota law, indicting ICE agent Christian Castro with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime, according to SCMP Economy. Neither the US Attorney's office in Minneapolis under Daniel Rosen nor the FBI field office responded to requests for comment, SCMP Economy added.