An armed woman was shot after driving her vehicle into federal agents in Broadview, Ill., on Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said.
According to a DHS statement obtained by NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network, the woman, Marimar Martinez, rammed agents from Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). Martinez was armed with a semi-automatic weapon, authorities said, adding that she was shot by CBP agents and has been discharged from the hospital.
DHS said that Martinez is in FBI custody and that another driver, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, was apprehended by law enforcement. DHS added that two more individuals were arrested, one for allegedly assaulting CBP at the scene and another for allegedly ramming an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle.
Several CBP officers were hospitalized, officials said.
In a Saturday post on 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, Ill., located roughly 20 minutes from Chicago. DHS said in a release that 10 cars “boxed in” the Border Patrol agents. Martinez then allegedly attempted to run over the agents, who then fired at the woman.
ICE operates a facility in the village of just under 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.
Earlier this month, DHS said that ICE and CBP officers have made over 1,000 arrests during the operation. The raids, though, have sparked concern among immigrant communities, while Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) has criticized the operations.
Hundreds protested outside the ICE facility in Broadview on Friday, as Noem visited the center. DHS said Friday that 13 people were arrested, while the Cook County Sheriff's Office told CNN that five others were arrested.
On Saturday afternoon, after the vehicle-ramming incident, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said on X she is “deploying more special operations to control the scene.” The FBI field office in Chicago said on the platform that the bureau and its partners “continue to aggressively pursue charges and investigate violence against officers, obstruction of justice, and destruction of federal property.”
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