By Kanishka Singh
2026年2月13日 美国东部时间凌晨4:10 更新于2小时前
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WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – 法院文件周四显示，美国司法部已着手撤销对两名男子的指控。这两名男子因今年1月在明尼阿波利斯袭击移民和海关执法局（ICE）官员而被起诉，而此前一名ICE官员向一名委内瑞拉移民开枪。
明尼苏达州联邦最高检察官丹尼尔·罗森（Daniel Rosen）请求法官驳回指控，称”本案中新发现的证据与指控存在重大矛盾”。罗森以带有损害性的方式请求驳回，这意味着这些指控不得重新提起。
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导致一名委内瑞拉男子受伤的枪击事件发生在唐纳德·特朗普总统在明尼苏达州大规模开展备受谴责的移民执法行动期间。
负责特朗普移民打击行动的美国国土安全部（DHS）表示，1月份，执法人员在对索萨-塞利斯（Sosa-Celis）进行针对性交通拦截时，他加速驾车逃跑、撞车后弃车逃跑。
国土安全部当时称，索萨-塞利斯和另外两名男子用雪铲和扫帚柄袭击了追捕他们的ICE官员，随后引发枪击。
但随后解密的法庭文件讲述了不同的故事。
联邦调查局（FBI）的一份宣誓书称，ICE官员扫描了一个登记在涉嫌移民违规的另一人名下的车牌，导致他们追捕错了人。
宣誓书称，当时开车的是另一名男子，他是唯一的乘车人——并非索萨-塞利斯。实际司机（另一名委内瑞拉移民）撞车后逃至一栋公寓楼，而索萨-塞利斯当时正在该楼内。
在公寓楼内，一名试图拘留司机的ICE官员被司机和索萨-塞利斯用扫帚袭击，第三名男子使用了铲子——随后官员开枪。
国土安全部最初称该官员”为保卫生命而进行防御性射击”，但FBI宣誓书称，所谓的袭击者在看到官员拔枪后扔下了扫帚和铲子，并在官员开枪时逃跑。
特朗普政府使用武装联邦移民特工引发了全国范围内的抗议，尤其是在上个月明尼苏达州两名美国公民被致命枪击之后。
人权倡导者表示，特朗普的行动使公民和移民的安全环境恶化，并违反了正当程序保护。特朗普的边境负责人汤姆·霍曼（Tom Homan）称，特朗普已同意结束在明尼苏达州的驱逐行动激增。
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DOJ moves to drop charges against men arrested after Minneapolis ICE shooting
By Kanishka Singh
February 13, 2026 4:10 AM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
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WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has moved to drop charges against two men charged with assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis in January after an officer shot a Venezuelan immigrant, a court document showed on Thursday.
The top federal prosecutor in Minnesota, Daniel Rosen, asked a judge to dismiss the charges, writing that “newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations.” Rosen sought the dismissal with prejudice, which means the charges cannot be reintroduced.
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The shooting that wounded the Venezuelan man, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, came during President Donald Trump’s widely condemned surge of immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Trump’s immigration crackdown, said in January officers were conducting a targeted traffic stop on Sosa-Celis when he sped away, crashed his car and fled on foot.
DHS said at the time that Sosa-Celis and two other men hit an ICE officer who pursued him with a snow shovel and broom handle, prompting the shooting.
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An FBI affidavit said the ICE officers had scanned a license plate registered to a different person suspected of an immigration violation, leading them to chase the wrong person.
The affidavit said another man was driving the car and was the sole occupant – not Sosa-Celis. The car’s actual driver – another Venezuelan immigrant – crashed and fled to an apartment building where Sosa-Celis was present, it said.
At the building, an ICE officer trying to detain the driver was struck by him and Sosa-Celis with a broom, while a third man used a shovel – before the officer fired.
While DHS said initially that the officer “fired a defensive shot to defend his life”, the FBI affidavit said the alleged attackers dropped the broom and shovel when they saw the officer draw his gun and were fleeing as he fired.
The Trump administration’s use of armed federal immigration agents has led to nationwide protests, especially after last month’s fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota.
Rights advocates say Trump’s actions have made the environment unsafe for citizens and immigrants and violate due process protections. Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said Trump has agreed to end his deportation surge in Minnesota.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Kim Coghill
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