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Border patrol chief praised federal agent who shot US citizen in Chicago
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/gregory-bovino-praised-agent-shot-us-citizen-chicagoNew evidence shows Gregory Bovino hailed agent who fired at Marimar Martinez five times in her car
Gregory Bovino with other federal agents outside Whipple building in Minnesota, in January 2026. Photograph: Madison Swart/Reuters
Newly released evidence has shown that Gregory Bovino, a border patrol chief who was the face of the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts until last month, praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year.
Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, was shot five times by a border patrol agent in October while in her vehicle. She was charged with a felony after officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused her of trying to ram agents with her vehicle. But the case was abruptly dismissed after video evidence emerged showing that an agent had steered his vehicle into Martinez's car.
Lawyers for Martinez have pushed to make evidence in the dismissed criminal case public, saying they were especially motivated to do so after a federal agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis under similar circumstances.
The new evidence - which includes emails, text messages and videos - was released this week after a US district judge, Georgia Alexakis, lifted a protective order. Federal prosecutors had argued the documents could "further sully" reputation of the agent who shot Martinez.
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The border patrol agent who shot Martinez, Charles Exum, was not wearing his body camera during the incident, according to Martinez's lawyer, but body camera video recorded by another agent and released on Tuesday showed the moments that led up to the shooting from inside Exum's vehicle. After Exum gets out of the car, the sound of five shots being fired can be heard on the video.
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Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, was shot five times by a border patrol agent in October while in her vehicle. She was charged with a felony after officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused her of trying to ram agents with her vehicle. But the case was abruptly dismissed after video evidence emerged showing that an agent had steered his vehicle into Martinez's car.
Lawyers for Martinez have pushed to make evidence in the dismissed criminal case public, saying they were especially motivated to do so after a federal agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis under similar circumstances.
The new evidence - which includes emails, text messages and videos - was released this week after a US district judge, Georgia Alexakis, lifted a protective order. Federal prosecutors had argued the documents could "further sully" reputation of the agent who shot Martinez.
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The border patrol agent who shot Martinez, Charles Exum, was not wearing his body camera during the incident, according to Martinez's lawyer, but body camera video recorded by another agent and released on Tuesday showed the moments that led up to the shooting from inside Exum's vehicle. After Exum gets out of the car, the sound of five shots being fired can be heard on the video.
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