In a motion filed Wednesday, Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen said that newly discovered evidence wasn’t consistent with the initial allegations.

MINNEAPOLIS — The charges against the man shot by a federal agent on Jan. 14 in north Minneapolis will soon be dismissed, according to court documents. 

In a motion filed Wednesday, Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen urged the court to dismiss with prejudice the complaint against Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis and Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, saying that newly discovered evidence wasn’t consistent with the allegations. A federal judge will need to sign off before the charges are officially dismissed.

Sosa-Celis and Aljorna were accused of striking an ICE officer during an attempted arrest in Minneapolis last month, leading the officer to fire his weapon and strike Sosa-Celis in the leg. The Department of Homeland Security said both men are in the United States illegally.

Federal prosecutors previously laid out a timeline of the events on Jan. 14, saying two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were pursuing a vehicle registered to a man listed in the ICE database as being in the country illegally. As the ICE agents initiated a traffic stop, court documents said the driver of the target vehicle drove off, launching a brief pursuit. The vehicle hit a light pole and the driver allegedly ran from the car. That driver was later identified as Aljorna, who was not the same man agents were initially targeting as the registered owner. Court documents said later review showed Aljorna’s driver’s license photo was “similar in nature and physical appearance” to the man agents were initially targeting.

Court documents said one of the pursuing ICE agents ran after Aljorna, who slipped and fell to the ground in front of a home where Sosa-Celis was standing on the porch. The agent then attempted to detain Aljorna and the two began to struggle. The court documents say Sosa-Celis grabbed a broom and began striking the agent.

But now, Rosen is motioning to dismiss the charges, stating, “Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit, filed on January 16, 2026, as ECF 1-1, as well as the preliminary-hearing testimony that was based on information presented to the Affiant.”

An FBI agent testified in court and said the ICE officer received a gash to his hand. The agent said that during the struggle, the officer pulled his weapon and struck Sosa-Celis in the thigh.

Defense attorneys questioned the ICE officer’s statement as the only evidence that alleges he fired his weapon while being struck. Rosen’s motion doesn’t specify what details were inconsistent with the federal government’s allegations, but they were enough to persuade him to file a motion to dismiss with prejudice.