Chicago woman shot by US border patrol indicted by federal grand jury | Chicago

A Chicago woman who was shot multiple times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents was recently indicted by a grand jury on federal charges of obstructing a federal officer with a deadly weapon.

Prosecutors allege 30-year-old Marimar Martinez hit the federal agents’ vehicle with her own vehicle before shooting herself, an act of self-defense. They also claim Martinez was armed.

Martinez’s attorney, Christopher Parente, said footage from one of the agent’s body-worn cameras contradicts that statement and that Martinez will plead not guilty at a hearing scheduled for the coming days.

According to Parente, that footage shows one of the officers saying, “Do something, bitch” before opening fire.

The images were not made public.

Another man, 21-year-old Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, was also charged in the same case on Thursday.

Federal agents allege Martinez was involved in a vehicle chase before crashing into a CBP vehicle. Authorities allege that a government vehicle carrying three CBP agents was pursued and cornered by a “convoy of civilian vehicles,” including cars driven by Martinez and Santos.

The shooting occurred as immigration agents, under orders from the second Trump administration, were combing Chicago, Illinois’ largest city, to deport people.

Increasing immigration enforcement in Chicago has been met with protests.