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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Roque Planas

Video of an ICE shooting shattered the agency’s story. Will it usher in accountability?

A screengrab from the 14 January shooting of Sosa Celis in Minneapolis.
A screengrab from a surveillance video of the 14 January shooting of Sosa Celis in Minneapolis. Photograph: City of Minneapolis

On 14 January, in the thick of Donald Trump’s massive anti-immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, two deportation officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to stop a car in traffic.

They had identified the owner as an unauthorized immigrant, according to an FBI affidavit. The driver, later identified as Alfredo Aljorna, a Venezuelan national, sped off, hitting speeds of 80mph and eventually crashing into a parked car. He then took off running toward an apartment building where his roommate, Julio Sosa Celis, stood at the entrance holding a broad-bladed snow shovel.

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