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FBI Reveals How Mistaken Identity by ICE Led to Chase, Shooting of Venezuelan Immigrant in North Minneapolis

Judge Douglas Micko ordered release of two men charged with assaulting federal officers after an ICE shooting, citing minimal criminal history and community ties, with conditions imposed.

  • On Wednesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko ordered the release of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis and Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna after they appeared at the Warren E. Burger Federal Building in St. Paul wearing orange jumpsuits, scheduling their release for noon Thursday.
  • Two out-of-state ICE agents ran a license plate tied to Joffre Barrera and pursued a car that Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna was driving, sparking a chase, the FBI affidavit filed Jan. 16 shows.
  • The affidavit says the agent fired one shot that struck Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg, prompting a tense standoff of about an hour as agents deployed tear gas and detained family members, later separating the women and returning toddlers ages 1 and 4 to relatives.
  • Federal prosecutors said they will appeal and have until noon Thursday, Jan. 22, to file an appeal while the men remain in U.S. Marshals Service custody.
  • Protests have followed the shooting, with local rallies in Great Falls emphasizing national enforcement impacts as Dylan Kunz said `The foreign armed invasion of Venezuela...` and Gerry Jennings said `I just lost hope` and `You can't lose hope, because then we lose.
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In a preliminary hearing and detention order this Wednesday, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled that two Venezuelan men who were arrested by ICE agents last week, including one who was shot by a federal agent,…

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TALK! 100.7 FM broke the news in on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
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