"U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen wrote in a brief Thursday filing that "newly discovered evidence" was found to be "materially inconsistent" with the government's allegations against Alfredo Aljorna, 26, and Julio Sosa-Celis, 24, about the Jan. 14 shooting in north Minneapolis. The case was dismissed Friday by a district court judge. Rosen filed a motion for the case to be dismissed with prejudice, meaning that the government will not be able to press the same charges against the men again."
"The federal Homeland Security narrative in the immediate aftermath of the shooting incorrectly identified Sosa-Celis as the driver of the car and a subject of a "targeted traffic stop." The complaint later indicated that the officers mistook Aljorna, who was driving the car, for another Latino man uninvolved in the incident. At the time of the shooting, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the incident as an "attempted murder of federal law enforcement.""
The Department of Justice dropped felony charges against Alfredo Aljorna and Julio Sosa-Celis after finding newly discovered evidence materially inconsistent with prior allegations about the Jan. 14 shooting in north Minneapolis. U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen filed to dismiss the case with prejudice, preventing the government from refiling the same charges. Homeland Security initially misidentified Sosa-Celis as the driver and described the stop as a "targeted traffic stop," while later filings said officers mistook Aljorna for an uninvolved Latino man. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem labeled the incident an "attempted murder of federal law enforcement."
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