An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent wanted for months over the shooting of a Venezuelan man during a Minneapolis raid was finally taken into custody Wednesday afternoon, capping a bizarre standoff between the governors of Texas and Minnesota over whether he would ever face charges.

Christian Castro, 52, was arrested by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents at about 2:15 p.m. in downtown Minneapolis, according to MPR News. He faces four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime tied to the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis during "Operation Metro Surge," a federal immigration enforcement sweep. A federal grand jury separately indicted Castro on six counts of making false statements to the FBI about the incident.

A Governor-Versus-Governor Fight

The arrest ends an extraordinary interstate tug-of-war. After Minnesota issued its warrant, Castro returned to his home state of Texas, where he was taken into custody by Texas Rangers — but Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican and supporter of the administration's deportation operations, refused to sign extradition papers sent by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, according to CBS Minnesota's reporting. Castro spent 90 days in a Texas county jail before a federal judge there denied Minnesota's request to immediately order his extradition, and he was released on Aug. 27.

"HE DROVE HIMSELF BACK TO FACE THE CHARGES."

Rather than continue fighting extradition, Castro ultimately drove to Minnesota with his wife in what both his attorneys and prosecutors describe as a planned surrender, with the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Hennepin County Attorney's Office both aware of the arrangement, according to the Star Tribune. State agents, negotiating the handover, spotted him in downtown Minneapolis and moved to arrest him on the outstanding warrant before the formal surrender was completed.

What's Next

Castro was booked into the Hennepin County Jail and made his first court appearance Thursday. The case has become a flashpoint in the broader fight over how far state and federal officials will go to shield immigration agents from local prosecution, with Minnesota officials arguing no badge puts an agent above state assault law, and Texas officials countering that federal agents shouldn't be exposed to what they call politically motivated local charges. Castro's attorneys have not yet entered a plea; his federal false-statements case is proceeding separately in Texas.