The Department of Homeland Security has now identified all three illegal alien criminals who were involved in the violent attack against a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis Wednesday night, beating him with a snow shovel and a broom handle.
The three illegal alien Venezuelans, all allowed into the U.S. by the Biden administration, were identified as:
Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela, previously convicted for driving without a license and arrested for two counts of giving a false name to a peace officer, was the subject of a targeted enforcement operation. He was released by Minnesota authorities before ICE could even lodge a detainer. Sosa-Celis illegally entered the United States in August 2022 under the Biden administration.
He fled the scene in his vehicle, crashed into a parked car, fled on foot, and violently resisted and assaulted the officer when caught up to. Two other criminal illegal aliens joined in beating the officer.
Released by MN authorities before ICE could even lodge a detainer, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela, was the subject of a targeted enforcement operation after his conviction for driving without a license and arrests for two counts of giving a false… pic.twitter.com/aKdTwmeWXy
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) January 15, 2026
Alfredo Alejandro Ajorna, an illegal alien from Venezuela, illegally entered the United States in May 2023 under the Biden administration. After he failed to show up for his immigration hearing, he was issued a final order of removal by an Immigration Judge.
Alfredo Alejandro Ajorna, an illegal alien from Venezuela, illegally entered the United States in May 2023 under the Biden administration.
After he failed to show up for his immigration hearing, he was issued a final order of removal. pic.twitter.com/8FULzlApda
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) January 15, 2026
Gabriel Alejandro Hernandez-Ledezma, a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela, who illegally entered the United States in May 2023 under the Biden administration. The Biden administration marked this illegal alien as a non-enforcement priority.
Gabriel Alejandro Hernandez-Ledezma, a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela, who illegally entered the United States in May 2023 under the Biden administration.
The Biden administration marked this illegal alien as a non-enforcement priority. pic.twitter.com/EQXWBkuScZ
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) January 15, 2026
In the press release, DHS provided the following details of the violent attack Wednesday night, which resulted in the ICE agent having to shoot the first illegal alien in the leg in self-defense.
At 6:50 PM CT on January 14, 2025, federal law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted traffic stop in Minneapolis for Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis who was released into the country by President Joe Biden in 2022.
Attempting to evade arrest, Sosa-Celis fled the scene in his vehicle, crashed into a parked car, and proceeded to flee on foot. The law enforcement officer pursued Sosa-Celis also on foot, caught up to him, and attempted to apprehend him when Sosa-Celis began to resist and violently assault the officer. While Sosa-Celis and law enforcement were in a struggle on the ground, two subjects came out of a nearby apartment and attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle.
As the officer was being ambushed and attacked by the two individuals, Sosa-Celis got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick. Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired a defensive shot to defend his life. Sosa-Celis was hit in the leg. All three subjects ran back into the apartment and barricaded themselves inside. ICE successfully arrested all three illegal aliens.
The attacked officer and Sosa-Celis are both in the hospital. All three illegal aliens were arrested and are in ICE custody.
This is who Minnesota’s leaders and protestors are defending: three criminal illegal aliens who violently assaulted an ICE officer in an attempt to evade arrest and obstruct law enforcement.
Their actions forced the officer to fire in self-defense during yesterday’s incident in… https://t.co/Ntu64smaDZ
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) January 15, 2026
Fox News reporter Matt Finn shared a photo of Sosa-Celis smugly grinning while inside an ambulance after being shot in the leg by the ICE agent.
NEW: photo obtained by Fox shows illegal Venezuelan alien smiling inside of an ambulance after being shot in the leg by an immigration agent last night in Minneapolis. ID’d as Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.
DHS:
At 6:50 PM CT on January 14, 2025, federal law enforcement officers… pic.twitter.com/sWAaFIXBs0
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) January 15, 2026
DHS lambasted Democrat officials in Minnesota for pouring fuel on the fire:
This attack on another brave member of law enforcement took place while Minnesota’s top leaders, Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, continue to refuse cooperation with federal efforts to arrest and remove violent criminal illegal aliens from their communities.
The hateful rhetoric and resistance against men and women who are simply trying to do their jobs must end. Federal law enforcement officers are facing a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them as they put their lives on the line to arrest criminals and lawbreakers.
DHS just released more details on the three illegal alien criminals who beat an ICE agent in Minneapolis Wednesday night. THIS is who @GovTimWalz, @Jacob_Frey and @CityMinneapolis are defending. SICK! DEPORT NOW!https://t.co/g2ljfYhss2
— DMLNewsApp (@DMLNewsApp) January 15, 2026
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