Us immigration agents lied about fatal shooting of venezuelan migrant

A newly obtained video contradicts the U.S. government's account of a fatal shooting of a Venezuelan migrant by an immigration agent in Minneapolis.

False narrative begins to unravel

Prosecutors initially charged two housemates with felony assault against the agent, casting the injured man, Julio C. Sosa-Celis, as an attempted murderer. However, the charges were dropped just weeks later after the video emerged.

The footage, obtained by The New York Times, shows a brief 12-second confrontation between the agent and two men, raising questions about the government's initial claims that Sosa-Celis and his housemate, Alfredo A. Aljorna, had brutally beaten the agent with a shovel and broom for nearly three minutes before he opened fire.

Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis criticized the federal government's handling of the case, stating that