A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who was charged in connection with shooting someone in Minnesota earlier this year was released from lockup in Texas on Thursday.

A judge on Wednesday declined to take action to prevent the man’s release and force Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to send the individual back to Minnesota. Minnesota officials have been pushing to have the man held as they fight for his extradition in the Hennepin County case.

The man, Christian Castro, “was released at 6:59 a.m.,” Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Trevino told Fox News Digital in an email on Thursday.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced in…

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