{"id":309092,"date":"2025-10-16T21:53:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/309092\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:53:25","slug":"immigration-agent-in-shooting-drove-rammed-suv-to-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/309092\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration agent in shooting drove ‘rammed’ SUV to Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The immigration agent who shot a woman earlier this month after she allegedly rammed his vehicle in Brighton Park was allowed by his supervisors to drive the government-issued SUV back to Maine before it could be inspected by the woman\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n

That peculiar twist was revealed in a routine hearing Thursday in the assault case against Marimar Martinez, who is accused of intentionally ramming the agent\u2019s Chevrolet Tahoe during an immigration-enforcement mission on Chicago\u2019s Southwest Side, leading him to open fire.<\/p>\n

During the hearing, Martinez\u2019s attorney, Christopher Parente, asked U.S. District Judge Georgia Alexakis for an order preserving evidence in the investigation, including body-camera footage, emails between Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. attorney\u2019s office about any media statements about the case, and the vehicles involved in the incident.<\/p>\n

Parente said he was particularly worried about the Border Patrol agent\u2019s vehicle, since where and how it sustained any damage would be pivotal evidence in the case. Parente said after he demanded to inspect the vehicle, he was notified the agent was allowed to \u201cdrive it back to Maine, which I believe is 1,100 miles away.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI assumed this car was being kept as evidence,\u201d Parente said, adding the agent should be instructed immediately to not get the vehicle repaired or washed. \u201cI shouldn\u2019t have to find that out \u2026 how they let this happen is beyond me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Bond said that while photos of the vehicle were taken after the incident, the agent was \u201cgranted permission by his supervisors to travel back to Maine,\u201d and that the car remained there as of Thursday.<\/p>\n

Alexakis said the defense request to inspect it was \u201ca reasonable one\u201d and ordered it to be hauled back to Chicago immediately on a flatbed trailer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you need to get the car back. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s an \u2018if need be,’\u201d Alexakis said.<\/p>\n

Parente said he\u2019d likely be filing a motion for sanctions over the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to see if this was an intentional act, judge,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are all sorts of things in this case that I have never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martinez, 30, has pleaded not guilty to a single count of using a dangerous weapon to interfere with federal officers in the course of their official duties. Also charged with the same count was Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, who prosecutors say used his SUV to ram the same Border Patrol vehicle. Ruiz also has entered a not guilty plea.<\/p>\n