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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jem Bartholomew

First Thing: Border patrol chief praised federal agent who shot US citizen in Chicago

Gregory Bovino with federal agents, masked, outside Whipple building in Minnesota last month. Bovino wears a long coat.
Gregory Bovino with federal agents outside the Whipple building in Minnesota last month. Photograph: Madison Swart/Reuters

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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 accused her of trying to ram agents with her vehicle. But the case was dismissed after video evidence emerged showing that an agent had steered his vehicle into Martinez’s car.

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