Federal charges have been dropped against two men who had been charged with assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis last month, including one Venezuelan defendant who was shot in the leg by an officer. The Justice Department's motion cited "newly discovered evidence" that was "materially inconsistent" with the allegations against them.The filing, entered Thursday by U.S. Attorney in Minnesota Daniel Rosen, moved to dismiss the charges against the men with prejudice, meaning the charges cannot be reintroduced. On Friday, a judge granted the request.Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said Friday that two officers have been placed on administrative leave after a review of video evidence indicated they provided "untruthful statements" in their sworn testimony."Upon conclusion of the investigation, the officers may face termination of employment, as well as potential criminal prosecution," Lyons said.In January, the two men, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, were charged in a federal criminal complaint with forcibly assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers in performance of their official duties. The charges came after Sosa-Celis was shot by an ICE officer, which drew nationwide attention amid the federal immigration surge in Minnesota.From early on, the government's account of the alleged assault was not consistent.>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-drops-charges-assaulting-ice-officers-inconsistent-evidence/
>>1489363 (Cont)A day after the shooting, the Department of Homeland Security said Sosa-Celis had fled the scene of a "targeted traffic stop" in Minneapolis in his vehicle, crashed into a parked car and kept fleeing on foot. When an ICE agent caught up to him, two men allegedly attacked the agent with a broom handle and snow shovel, and Sosa-Celis allegedly broke free and also started striking the officer. DHS said an officer then fired a "defensive shot to defend his life." Sosa-Celis and two other men ran into an apartment but were later taken into custody, DHS said.But in an affidavit to support charges against the two men, the FBI said that Aljorna — not Sosa-Celis — had fled the scene in a car, and Sosa-Celis was the one who initially struck the ICE officer with a broom stick while he tried to arrest Aljorna. The FBI alleged that Aljorna then broke free and started attacking the ICE officer with the same broomstick. The affidavit also says that the officer "had poor or sporadic lighting" and "had difficulty seeing the assailants."And in a cellphone video from the moments after the shooting that was shared online by a state lawmaker, a woman appears to tell a 911 operator that her husband was chased by ICE agents before he reached his home, and was shot in front of his family.Frederick Goetz, an attorney for Aljorna, told CBS News he's "delighted" by the decision to dismiss the charges with prejudice. He also commended the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota — which has been hit by a wave of resignations in recent weeks — for "doing the right thing.""It is my understanding that the video surveillance evidence that captured the incident was materially inconsistent with the federal agent's claims of what happened," Goetz continued, writing that "the agent's claims of being assaulted were not backed up by the video evidence."
>>1489364 (cont)Asked about ICE's decision to investigate two officers for allegedly making false statements, Goetz said Aljorna will "fully cooperate in any and all ongoing investigations."Sosa-Celis' attorney, Robin Wolpert, told CBS News her client "is relieved that the federal criminal case is over and that the US Attorney's office did the right thing. Nevertheless, he is determined to seek justice and hold the ICE officer accountable for his unlawful conduct."Wolpert also said she's "glad to see that ICE and the DOJ are publicly acknowledging and investigating untruthful statements by the two ICE officers.""These untruthful statements had serious consequences for my client and his family," Wolpert added, saying: "Indeed, my client is a crime victim."CBS News has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.The shooting occurred a week after ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Good in south Minneapolis, and 10 days before two DHS agents in the city fatally shot Alex Pretti.In the days after Good and Pretti's shootings, thousands of protesters demonstrated in the streets in Minnesota, raising tensions in the Twin Cities. At one point, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and send the military into the state, but in the last week, border czar Tom Homan has taken over operations. He announced Thursday the end of the surge of immigration agents in the state, citing a high number of "public safety arrests" during "Operation Metro Surge" and the diminished need for federal officers to respond to "agitators." OTHER SOURCES:>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/13/ice-officers-minneapolis>https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/minneapolis-ice-shooting-charges-dropped-after-video-exposes-untruthful-officer-testimony-1778956>https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/prosecutor-dismiss-charges-men-shot-by-ice.html
>>1489363It sounds like the evidence is lying if it disagrees with our masked heroes at ICE. Hopefully Trump makes it illegal for evidence to contradict ICE so that they don’t need to work in fear
>>1489363So TL;DR: ICE initially claimed that one guy fled in a car and met up with another guy, then they tried to jump the agent with shovels and one got shot. Then their affidavit mixed up which one did what. Then a video was shown to the court that it seems indicates the agent was never jumped at all and instead just decided to shoot a fleeing suspect for no reason.
>>1489366Worth noting that you can't even argue "Oh it's a biased court and judge!" because even ICE realized they fucked up BAD. They're the ones who requested dismissed charges and suspended both agents involved because apparently whatever video they saw shows they objectively lied under oath. Not sure if the video itself is public yet.
>>1489366The attorney is Democrat and so is the judge. It doesn't matter what any evidence says, they're going to dismiss anything
>>1489372The Trump DOJ was the one who asked for the dismissal. ICE also suspended both agents pending investigation because whatever that video shows is so bad it proves they objectively lied under oath.
>>1489368>They're the ones who requested dismissed charges and suspended both agents involved because apparently whatever video they saw shows they objectively lied under oathThere are bullet holes through the door they shot through. You don't even need video.They literally shot people hiding in their home. Probably because they didn't have torches on hand to burn the place down.
>>1489363Its amazing that cops think they can still get away with lying because of the army of retarded bootlickers backing Trump
>>1489378Wow no wonder they're throwing these two retards to the wolves. Pretti and Good were at least too dead to press charges and the shooters didn't have to explain anything when charging them because they were too dead to arrest. Is the video public or is it still sealed?
>>1489372Yes it is well known that the courts are all Democrat and therefore are secretly conspiring to violently depose Trump even though he’s the most loved and just leader of America in history (from a certain point of view)
how many posts until esl shill starts obsessing over hunter biden
A lot of Barney fifes in I.C.E.We need to give them only one bullet in their weaponshttps://m.youtube.com/shorts/dHThoFq_rh8
>>1489372>>1489384Okay fascists
>>1489363they did nothing wrong and should be given a medal, minnesotians are all domestic terrorists, i don't trust a thing you say if u live there
>>1489367Really makes you think that all the times ICE shoots someone it's first degree murder or attempted murder and never self defense.
