Attorneys for Marimar Martinez, shot by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz last October, called on authorities to file criminal charges against the agent involved Monday.
Marimar Martinez, center, listens while her attorney Chris Parente, left, speaks, Oct. 5, 2026, at his Chicago office about filing of a federal lawsuit over her shooting by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz last year. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Marimar Martinez and her attorney Chris Parente look at images of her injuries while speaking, Oct. 5, 2026, about filing of a federal lawsuit over her shooting by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz last year. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Marimar Martinez and her attorney Chris Parente speak, Oct. 5, 2026, in front of an image of showing their visual reconstruction of her shooting by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz last year. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Marimar Martinez and her attorney Chris Parente speak in front of a photo of her windshield, Oct. 5, 2026, during a news conference about filing of a federal lawsuit over her shooting by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz last year. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Marimar Martínez, with her attorney, Christopher Parente, pauses for a moment while describing what happened after she was shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent last fall, during an Illinois Accountability Commission hearing at the Bilandic Building in the Loop on April 28, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Former Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, right, and other attendees watch video footage of federal agents’ actions in Brighton Park from the day Marimar Martínez was shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent, during an Illinois Accountability Commission hearing at the Bilandic Building in the Loop on April 28, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Marimar Martínez shows a bullet wound scar on her arm as she describes the day she was shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent, during an Illinois Accountability Commission hearing at the Bilandic Building in the Loop on April 28, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Marimar Martínez, who was shot five times by an ICE agent, attends a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Heather Diehl/Getty)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) questions Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2026. Behind Durbin, an aide holds up a placard depicting Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were fatally shot by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, and Marimar Martínez, who survived a shooting by federal agents in Chicago. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, front left, listens as three U.S. citizens who had been detained by ICE stand, from back left, Javier Ramírez, of California, Leonardo "Leo" García Venegas, of Alabama, and Marimar Martínez, of Chicago, as they are introduced by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., during an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Marimar Martínez, who was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, watches Antonio Romanucci, the attorney representing the family of Renee Good, speak during a forum on use of force by Department of Homeland Security agents, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 3, 2026. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty-AFP)
Marimar Martínez speaks with her attorney, Chris Parente, during a news conference on Feb. 11, 2026, in Chicago’s Loop after the release of body camera videos and text messages from the Border Patrol officer who shot her last year in the Brighton Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Marimar Martínez departs a news conference with her attorney, Chris Parente, on Feb. 11, 2026, in Chicago’s Loop after the release of bodycam videos and text messages from the Border Patrol officer who shot her last year in the Brighton Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Marimar Martínez attends a news conference with her lawyers on Feb. 11, 2026, in Chicago’s Loop after the release of bodycam videos and text messages from the Border Patrol officer who shot her last year in the Brighton Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Bodycam video shows Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum driving in evidence made public from the federal investigation into Marimar Martínez, who was shot five times and wounded by Exum on Oct. 4, 2025, following a traffic crash at 39th Street and South Kedzie Avenue. Assault charges against Martínez were dismissed on Nov. 20, 2025. (U.S. attorney's office)
A text exchange released in evidence material appears to show Agent Charles Exum receiving a message asking whether bosses above him are being supportive. Exum answers that that was the case, including Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and "El Jefe himself," an apparent reference to President Donald Trump. (U.S. attorney's office)
Marimar Martínez, who was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent after an encounter in Chicago, speaks at a public forum in Washington, D.C., held by congressional Democrats on Feb. 3, 2026. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)
U.S. Rep. Robert García speaks during a public forum on the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security agents, held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C.. He's showing images of text messages sent by Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum in the days after he shot Marimar Martínez during an immigration enforcement action in Brighton Park on Oct. 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
A poster displays text messages from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after Marimar Martínez was shot five times, during a public forum on the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security agents, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty)
Marimar Martínez, who was shot five times by a federal agent in Chicago, testifies during a public forum on the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security agents, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty)
Marimar Martínez, who was shot five times by an immigration enforcement agent in Chicago, testifies during a public forum on the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security agents, held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty)
Marimar Martínez speaks during a public forum on the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security agents, on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Martínez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent after an encounter in Chicago last fall. (Win McNamee/Getty)
Marimar Martínez stands outside a truck service shop on Dec. 26, 2025, where she called 911 after she was shot five times in October by a Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park. Prosecutors originally claimed Martínez, as part of a convoy of protesters, rammed federal agents' vehicle near 39th Street and Kedzie Avenue and then tried to run over an agent, but felony charges were later dropped after her attorney argued agents caused the crash and needlessly shot her. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Marimar Martínez, left, and her sister, Estella Martínez, stand on Dec. 26, 2025, near where Marimar Martínez was shot by a federal agent and tries to remember details of the incident on Kedzie Avenue in Brighton Park. She survived her injuries and just celebrated Christmas with her family. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Marimar Martínez visits with Ponch, the manager of a truck service shop, on Dec. 26, 2025. Martínez received aid at the shop after being shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Marimar Martínez, right, enters the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago with her attorney, Christopher Parente, on Nov. 20, 2025, after federal prosecutors abruptly moved to dismiss all charges against her. Martínez was shot by a federal agent after she allegedly rammed a vehicle in Brighton Park during Operation Midway Blitz. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)
Text messages sent by Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum in the days after he shot Marimar Martínez during an immigration enforcement action in Brighton Park on Oct. 4, 2025. (U.S. District Court records)
Marimar Martínez is greeted by her family on Oct. 6, 2025, after being released from the Metropolitan Correctional Center after being shot by an immigration agent and charged with assaulting federal officers in an incident in Brighton Park. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Text messages sent by Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum in the days after he shot Marimar Martínez during an immigration enforcement action in Brighton Park on Oct. 4, 2025. (U.S. District Court records)
Marimar Martínez arrives for a hearing on Nov. 5, 2025, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago’s Loop. Martínez was shot by a federal immigration agent during an altercation in the Brighton Park neighborhood in October. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Marimar Martínez speaks at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Nov. 20, 2025, after federal prosecutors abruptly moved to dismiss all charges against her. Martínez was shot by a federal agent in Brighton Park during Operation Midway Blitz. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)
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Marimar Martinez, center, listens while her attorney Chris Parente, left, speaks, Oct. 5, 2026, at his Chicago office about filing of a federal lawsuit over her shooting by a Border Patrol agent during Operation Midway Blitz last year. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
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