"In a filing on Thursday, the US attorney's office for the district of Minnesota said newly discovered evidence in the criminal case against Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis is materially inconsistent with the allegations against them made in a criminal complaint and a court hearing last month. The government's motion asked the judge for dismissal with prejudice, meaning the charges against the two men cannot be resubmitted."
"The case at issue in Thursday's filing stemmed from a 14 January incident during which an FBI investigator alleged in an affidavit that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Aljorna, who crashed and fled on foot toward an apartment complex. As an immigration officer chased and tried to arrest him, the government claimed, Aljorna began to violently resist."
Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis moved to dismiss felony assault charges against Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis after newly discovered evidence materially contradicted allegations. The government's motion sought dismissal with prejudice, preventing refiling. The incident began on 14 January when an FBI investigator alleged ICE officers attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Aljorna, who crashed and fled on foot toward an apartment complex. The affidavit alleged Aljorna violently resisted an immigration officer and that Sosa-Celis and another man attacked the officer with a snow shovel and broom handle, after which the officer fired, striking Sosa-Celis. The motion did not specify the new evidence. The dismissal follows other high-profile cases where eyewitness statements and video undermined federal agents' accounts and dozens of related felony cases have collapsed.
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