New Marimar Martinez Shooting Evidence Shows Border Patrol Agent Joked In Aftermath, Praised By Bovino

CBS Chicago

Updated on: February 12, 2026

The Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent last fall is fighting for the release of all evidence in her case, saying after the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti the public needs to see it.

Lawyers for Marimar Martinez have accused the Trump administration of mishandling the investigation and spreading lies about the shooting.

Martinez, 30, was shot on Oct. 4, 2025, as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security drastically increased aggressive immigration enforcement in the Chicago area under the leadership of former CBP Commander Gregory Bovino. At the time, DHS claimed Martinez chased federal agents and rammed her car into an agent's car during an anti-ICE protest near Pershing Road and Kedzie Avenue. Martinez's attorneys have said she was driving alongside the Border Patrol agents Nearly two months later, federal prosecutors dropped assault charges that had been filed against her. The government later admitted in court that Martinez wasn't "ramming" their car at all.

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