US EditionFeds open criminal probe into whether ICE officers lied about shooting of Venezuelan man in MN
Two ICE officers face a federal probe over alleged false testimony in a January Minneapolis shooting that led to dropped assault charges against two Venezuelan men.
- On Friday, federal prosecutors opened an investigation into two immigration officers over allegedly false sworn statements about a Minneapolis shooting last month involving Renee Good and Alex Pretti, linked to at least five similar cases.
- New body-camera and bystander footage reveals none of the half-dozen bystander videos showed Alex Pretti brandishing his gun, contradicting initial official accounts.
- Footage and messages include `Put that in your book boys`, and an agent said `I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes`, indicating conflicting testimonies about the shooting.
- Friday, a federal judge dismissed felony-assault charges against two Venezuelan men accused of beating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Jan. 14, while prosecutors asked to dismiss other cases after new video evidence contradicted allegations.
- In a Washington hearing, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky showed Minneapolis video while criticizing immigration enforcement tactics, as officials initially described the incident as domestic terrorism, later challenged by videos.
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Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayTwo US officers put on leave for lying about Minneapolis shooting after video contradicts testimony
WASHINGTON, Feb 14 — Two federal agents have been put on leave and are under investigation for allegedly lying about a shooting in Minneapolis last month that left a Venezuelan immigrant wounded, a top US immigration official said yesterday.“Video evidence has revealed that sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements,” Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said …
New evidence contradicted the version issued by the agents referring to self-defence, and both police officers were placed on administrative leave until an internal investigation was completed.
Minnesota shooting of Venezuelan man is the latest where video evidence contradicts ICE accounts
Federal authorities announced an investigation Friday into two immigration officers who appeared to have made untruthful statements under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month. It is among at least five shootings in which initial descriptions by the immigration officials were later contradicted by video evidence. Those included the fatal Minneapolis shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, where bystander video quickly raised questions…
Nebraska Examiner
Feds: ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements about north Minneapolis shooting
Federal immigration officers on the scene where an officer shot a man Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in north Minneapolis. (Photo by Max Nesterak/MInnesota Reformer)Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appear to have made untruthful statements under oath in their account of a Jan. 14 car chase that ended with one of the agents shooting a man in the leg, a senior Homeland Security official said Friday. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons sai…
ICE Admits Two Officers Lied Under Oath About the Details in Minnesota Shooting of Venezuelan Man
Both officers have been immediately placed on administrative leave pending the completion of a thorough internal investigationAn ICE officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 13 Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via GettyNEED TO KNOWA criminal probe has been opened to determine whether two unnamed immigration officers lied under oath about the shooting of a man from Venezuela in Minneapolis last month.According to court documents reviewed by PEOPLE, the news comes …
Two US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are suspected of perjury after shooting an immigrant they were trying to arrest. They claimed to have been attacked by three men, but that appears to be false. The allegations concern the agents' account of what happened before one of them opened fire during a scuffle on January 14th. The man the two were trying to arrest was hit in the thigh. Homeland Security Secretary Noem said the agent…
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