By Renee Hickman CHICAGO (Reuters) -A Chicago woman shot multiple times by U.S. Border and Customs Protection agents was indicted by a grand jury on federal charges of impeding a federal officer with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors allege Marimar Martinez, 30, rammed the vehicle of federal agents with her own before they shot her, which […]
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Chicago woman shot multiple times by a US border patrol agent indicted by federal grand jury
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By Renee Hickman
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A Chicago woman shot multiple times by U.S. Border and Customs Protection agents was indicted by a grand jury on federal charges of impeding a federal officer with a deadly weapon.
Prosecutors allege Marimar Martinez, 30, rammed the vehicle of federal agents with her own before they shot her, which they say was an act of self-defense and she was armed.
Martinez’s lawyer, Christopher Parente, said footage from one of the agent’s bodycams contradicted that account, and Martinez will plead not guilty at an arraignment scheduled for next week.
Another man, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, was also indicted Thursday in the same case.
(Editing by Emily Schmall and Chris Reese)