Charges dropped against men accused of attacking ICE officer
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Minnesota U.S. Attorney Dan Rosen Thursday dropped charges against two men accused of assaulting an immigration officer.
Authorities had alleged that on Jan. 14 Julio Sosa-Celis and his friend Alfredo Aljorna attacked an ICE agent with a broom and shovel.
The men retreated into a north Minneapolis apartment building, and the ICE agent fired his gun through the front door and struck Sosa-Celis in his right thigh. Four children were inside. The round landed in a wall near a child's playpen.
Last week, Sosa-Celis' partner told MPR News that she witnessed the incident and the government's allegations are untrue.
In their motion to dismiss the charges of assaulting a federal officer, prosecutors write that newly discovered evidence is "materially inconsistent with the allegations."
The men's families say in a statement that they're overjoyed with the move; they're calling for the ICE agent to be identified and criminally charged.
—Matt Sepic, MPR News
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