Feds charge Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol, another driver with assault
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Federal prosecutors have charged a woman who was shot by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents on Saturday morning in Broadview, Ill., after authorities say she “boxed in” the law enforcement officers.

Marimar Martinez, along with another driver, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, are accused of using their vehicles to hit a CBP vehicle, a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois states.

“After striking the agents’ vehicle, the defendants’ vehicles boxed in the agents’ vehicle, the complaint states. The agent was unable to move his vehicle and exited the car, at which point he fired approximately five shots from his service weapon at Martinez,” the release states, citing the federal complaint.

Both Martinez and Ruiz, of Chicago, are charged with forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer, the press release said.

Martinez, 30, was apprehended about a mile away, the Justice Department release said. She was treated at an area hospital for gunshot wounds. Ruiz, 21, was found about a half-mile away from the site of the incident, with his vehicle at a gas station, the prosecutor’s office said.

Several CBP officers were hospitalized, officials said.

In a Saturday post on the social platform X, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that Martinez “was named in a CBP intelligence bulletin last week for doxing agents.”

The incident occurred amid protests regarding the presence of ICE agents in Broadview, on Chicago’s Southwest Side. DHS on Saturday said in a release that 10 cars “boxed in” the CBP agents. Martinez then allegedly attempted to run over the agents, who then fired at the woman, DHS said.

ICE operates a facility in the village of about 8,000 residents. Last month, ICE launched Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, boosting its enforcement presence in the third-largest city in the U.S.

Max Rego contributed.

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