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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Gregory Bovino, who led Minnesota operation, says he’s retiring end of March

a man in a green shirt with a patch that reads 'US customs and border protection' speaks near a television screen
Gregory Bovino was tapped by the Trump administration to lead its sweeping Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota. Photograph: Ben Brewer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Gregory Bovino of the US border patrol, who was demoted in late January as the public face of the controversial and deadly immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, says he is retiring at the end of March.

Bovino announced his retirement in an interview with Breitbart on Monday, weeks after federal immigration agents fatally shot 37-year-old US citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Good to death in separate cases in January.

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