In the wake of the Jan. 24, 2026 killing of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, federal officials have been scrambling to control the narrative. Even now, the Border Patrol Chief, Bovino, refuses to expose the monsters who did it.
On Jan. 25 and 26, Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino held press appearances defending the agents involved in Pretti’s murder. At one point, he even publicly praised them as “the true victims.” But that framing is sharply at odds with bystander videos. Footage from multiple angles show Pretti was disarmed and was holding only a phone moments before the shooting. If anything, he was only stopping the agents from assaulting a woman protester.
