Two men charged with assaulting agents in ICE shooting released by a judge, re-detained by ICE

ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Two Venezuelan men who were charged with assaulting a federal immigration agent were re-detained after a judge ordered them to be released on Tuesday.

On Jan. 14, the two men allegedly assaulted an ICE officer when one was being detained by ICE; the officer then shot one of the men in the leg when he sought to escape inside his home in north Minneapolis.

Alfredo Aljorna, 26, and Julio Sosa-Celis, 24, were released from federal custody after U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson concluded that they do not present a heightened flight risk. Magnuson also ordered that they cannot be deported from the country before the ongoing case ends…

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