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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has said Marimar Martinez, a 31-year-old Montessori school teacher, on Oct. 4 followed federal Border Patrol agents, blocked them, and rammed her vehicle into them before Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot her five times.

But video evidence, investigative reports and messages released Feb. 10 by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago tell a different story.

Footage from an officer's body camera and surveillance video do not show agents boxed in or Martinez ramming them as she and other demonstrators followed federal agents to alert neighbors to their presence.

"Border Patrol law enforcement officers were ambushed by domestic terrorists that rammed federal agents with their vehicles,"DHS said in a statementafter the shooting. "The woman, Marimar Martinez, driving one of the vehicles, was armed with a semi-automatic weapon."

Martinez is a legal gun owner with a concealed-carry permit who had her pistol holstered in her purse during the shooting.

"The question at the end of this is why, knowing the truth, would our own government continue to lie about who this woman is and what happened?" Chris Parente, Martinez's lawyer and a former federal prosecutor, told USA TODAY.

At the government's request, a federal judge on Nov. 20 alreadydismissed the criminal casefor assault with a deadly weapon against Martinez, an American citizen from Chicago who is Latina. The incident occurred during the Trump administration's"Operation Midway Blitz"that surged immigration agents in and around Chicago.

Activists protest outside of an immigrant processing and detention center on Oct. 2, 2025 in Broadview, Ill.

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Martinez's lawyers are now pursuing legal action for damages from the shooting, which has left Martinez in pain and unable to close her hand or cross her legs months later. The incident is among a growing list ofviolent encounters with federal immigration agents.

In response to emailed questions, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which includes Border Patrol, said Exum was placed on administrative leave, consistent with policy. The agency referred questions to the Department of Justice, which has not responded to USA TODAY's request for comment.

Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary for public affairs,previously said on Xofficers had been rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars, and Martinez rammed the officers while armed with a semiautomatic weapon.

What the footage shows

The body camera footage, released in agreement with federal officials, shows the moments leading up to the shooting on a Saturday morning on Chicago's South Side.

Inside agents' Chevy Tahoe, one agent had their body camera on before Exum shot Martinez. Exum, whoreportedly described himself in courtas a firearms instructor, didn't turn his body camera on before the shooting.

Exum can be seen in the video driving as protesters honk their horns. The agent wearing the body camera is seated in the back seat and has his finger on the trigger of an assault rifle while another agent also in the back seat, behind Exum, has his handgun drawn.

An agent can be heard saying "Do something, (expletive)."

"Alright, it's time to get aggressive and get the (expletive) out, cause they're trying to box us in," an agent says.

Exum then steers the wheel sharply left.

"Be advised we've been struck, we've been struck," the agent wearing the body camera says into a radio.

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Exum has his pistol in his right hand as he stops the car. He quickly opens his door and fires his weapon. Martinez, shot five times, drove away, then stopped to call 911 and was taken to a local hospital.

In released encrypted messages,Exum bragged about firing five roundsinto the windshield and being unharmed. Officials have said Martinez was driving toward him.

But Parente said bullet holes showed Exum fired as Martinez moved away from Exum's vehicle. Martinez's Nissan Rogue had three bullet holes into the passenger side windshield, followed by a fourth bullet from the side, shattering the passenger window. Another bullet appears to have been shot from behind, striking the passenger seat from behind. Parente said this violated Border Patrol's use of force policy for shooting at fleeing vehicles.

Previously released encrypted messages from a group called "Posse Chat" showedExum on Oct. 7saying "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys."

Messages from fellow agents appeared to celebrate the shooting.

"Good shootin. lol," a message said. Exum responded "Gracias senior," an apparent reference to "señor," Spanish for "sir."

Exum also sent a screenshot of a text exchange, in which a message said, "You are a legend among agents you better (expletive) know that."

"Beers on me when I see you at training," a second message said.

Approximately four hours after the shooting, Exum received an email fromGregory Bovino, the high-profile Border Patrol chief patrol agent who has been dispatched by the administration to surges in several cities.

Bovino praised Exum, who is normally stationed in Maine along the Canadian border. Bovino offered to extend retirement beyond 57, his second extension.

"In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!" Bovino wrote, instructing another official to have staff work with Exum "to accomplish this most illustrative endeavor. Thank you."

In the "Posse Chat," Exum said he was supported "big time" by federal leaders.

He cited Bovino, Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks, DHS SecretaryKristi Noemand "El Jefe himself… according to Bovino."

"El Jefe" means "the boss" in Spanish.

On Feb. 3, Martinez testified in a U.S. Senate hearing on use of force by DHS. She provided testimony alongside the brothers of Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.

On Feb. 12, theSenate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs held a hearing with DHS officialsto examine tactics leading up to federal agents fatally shooting Alex Pretti, 37, on Jan. 24 also in Minneapolis. Like Chicago, Minneapolis has seen a surge of immigration enforcement and protests in response.

Contributing: Michael Loria, Reuters

Eduardo Cuevas is based in New York City. Reach him by email atemcuevas1@usatoday.comor on Signal at emcuevas.01.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Bodycam contradicts DHS story of Border Patrol shooting Chicago woman

An American flag is seen through the barbed wire surrounding the CoreCivic Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California, on October 4, 2025. Credit - Kevin Carter—Getty Images

Two of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) biggest contractors for building and managing detention centers have posted record revenue in 2025, as companies are expanding their facilities nationwide to hold more immigrants apprehended by the Trump Administration.

GEO Group, which operates 19 facilities for ICE around the country, reported $2.6 billion in total revenue in 2025, up 6% from $2.43 billion in 2024. CoreCivic, which owns and operates at least ten ICE detention facilities, reported $2.2 billion in total revenue in 2025, up 13% from $1.96 billion in 2024.

Read more:ICE Is Seeking to Build New Detention Centers Around the U.S. Here's How Communities Are Battling to Stop It

During their earnings calls, both companies hailed the rapid expansion of their facilities, marking it a "significant growth opportunity," and said they are working to reactivate facilities that were previously phased out under the Biden Administration to meet ICE's increasing detention demands. The two companies have told ICE that, together, they can hold an additional population of 19,000 if needed.

Asked by one caller about how he views the current rate of ICE detentions—which, at  fewer than 100,000 immigrants a day, the caller described as "below what investors thought [it] was going to be"— CEO of CoreCivic Patrick Swindle responded by assuring investors that the immigration crackdown will pick up pace.

"When you're looking at the way that ICE approaches enforcement action, nothing occurs immediately," Swindle said. "So, as we think about timing, it does take time because it is a very complex ecosystem, and as that ecosystem grows, it's gonna result in additional bed demand."

In addition to the expansion of its immigrant detention facilities, GEO Group also saw an increase in ICE's use of its surveillance devices, which the agency uses to monitor some immigrants as an alternative to detention. During the call, incoming GEO Group CEO George Zoley said the number of participants on GPS ankle monitors has increased from approximately 17,000 in early 2025 to more than 42,000 today.

According to Zoley, ICE is currently holding approximately 70,000 immigrants in 225 separate jails or detention centers, nearlydoublethe number of immigrants detained and the number of available facilities from last year.

The WashingtonPostreportedthat, thanks to an unprecedented $45 billion budget approved by Congress, ICE intends to expand immigrant detention to parts of the country where none are currently located while building new detention facilities in populous states like California and Texas. The plan would double the agency's number of large-scale, mega-detention centers—the kind that are contracted out to GEO Group and CoreCivic—as well as building makeshift "soft-sided" structures that can be built in a few weeks.

One of the plans that ICE is pursuing in this effort to build massive detention facilities is acquiring warehouses and turning them into jails, despiteprotestsin local communities. GEO Group said it is "cautiously participating in this process," despite having little experience in renovating warehouses.

"We've only had one experience in renovating a warehouse, and that occurred maybe 30 years ago. So it's more complicated than you may think," Zoley said during the earnings call.

"As a 40-year partner to ICE, we expect to be a part of this solution," he added.

For-profit detention centers hold the overwhelming majority of immigrants who are detained by ICE, according todatafrom TRAC Immigration. They have also been the site of most of the fatalities in federal immigrant detention that have occurred in recent months: Of the 38 people who died in ICE custody from January 2025 to now, 71 percent were held in for-profit facilities, according todata collectedby independent journalist Andrew Free.

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A 21-year-old Marine who went overboard from USS Iwo Jima was declared dead following an extensive search in the Caribbean Sea, the Marine Corps announced Thursday.

Lance Cpl. Chukwuemeka E. Oforah, 21, fell into the water on Saturday while assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

The Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship, played a central role in President Donald Trump'sOperation Southern Spearmilitary buildup in the Caribbean ahead of the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Maduro and his wife were flown by helicopter to the Iwo Jima after their capture before being taken to the United States.

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Oforah's death is the first U.S. military death associated with Operation Southern Spear, Trump's military operation in the Caribbean.

"We are all grieving alongside the Oforah family," Col. Tom Trimble, commander of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, said in a statement. "The loss of Lance Cpl. Oforah is deeply felt across the entire Navy-Marine Corps team. He will be profoundly missed, and his dedicated service will not be forgotten."

It's unclear what caused the incident, which is under investigation. The three-day-long sprawling search and rescue operation involved numerous large ships, aircraft, drones and personnel, according to the Marine Corps, including Navy MH-60 Sierras, two MH-60 Romeos, one Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper, and one UH-1Y Venom; one Navy P-8 Poseidon; two U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King IIs, and one U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper.

Oforah joined the Marine Corps in October 2023 and graduated from boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, in February 2024.

ABC News' Luis Martinez contributed to this report.

Team USA's 5-0 win in preliminary round action was the 11th time the two squads battled in the Olympics. Nobody will be surprised if that number increases to 12 next week, on Feb. 19, when the gold medal is up for grabs in Milan.

The United States won the inaugural women's Olympic hockey event in 1998, their first of two gold medals. No prizes for guessing who those unforgettable victories came against.

Let's recap the best five performances by Team USA's women's hockey team against Canada at the Olympics.

Ann-Renee Desbiens (35) of Canada gives up a goal to Caroline Harvey (not pictured) of the United States in women's ice hockey group a play during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.

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Rival powers battle as USA faces Canada at Winter Games

Ann-Renee Desbiens (35) of Canada gives up a goal to Caroline Harvey (not pictured) of the United States in women's ice hockey group a play during theMilano Cortina 2026Olympic Winter Games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.

5. Sochi 2014 final (3-2 overtime loss)

As Team USA has only won four Olympic games against Canada, No. 5 on the list must be the heartbreaking 3-2 overtime loss in the Sochi 2014 final.

There was a ton to like about Team USA's performance until the 56:34 mark of the third period.

The United States were up 2-0 late in the third period. Canada began the comeback, and a failed empty-net goal attempt for the Americans led to the Canadians getting the equalizer and winning in overtime.

4. Nagano 1998 round-robin (7-4 win)

With both teams having already qualified for a gold-medal showdown, Team USA enjoyed a standout third period in the round-robin dress rehearsal.

The United States overcame a 4-1 third-period deficit, scoring six straight to win 7-4. The astounding turnaround came immediately on the back of a timeout called by USA coach Ben Smith.

Laurie Baker scored 72 seconds after the timeout to spearhead the improbable comeback.

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3. Nagano 1998 final (3-1 win)

The Nagano 1998 final was the first of two American victories against Canada in a gold medal game.

It came three days after the 7-3 round-robin win, with Team USA taking a 2-0 lead in the third period. Canada got one back with four minutes remaining, but Sandra Whyte scored an empty-net goal to secure Team USA's first Olympic gold medal in women's hockey.

The entire 1998 team was inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame in 2019.

2. Milano Cortina 2026 preliminary round (5-0 win)

Tuesday's5-0 walloping of Canadamarked the first time Team USA shut out its bitter rivals in 11 attempts at the Olympics.

The signs were clear leading up to the game, with the United States winning all four recent Rivalry Series contests by a combined 24-7 score.

A dominant performance saw Team USA outshoot Canada 33-20. Every American will hope the history-making performance was a precursor of what's likely to come.

1. Pyeongchang 2018 final (3-2 shootout win)

Thanks to a tying goal by Monique Lamoureux-Morando with 6:21 remaining in the third period, the Pyeongchang final required a shootout after a scoreless 20-minute overtime session to decide the winner.

The game had a bit of everything, including two of the Olympics' greatest all-time scorers, Team USA's Hilary Knight and Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin, lighting the lamp.

The United States outshot Canada 42-31 en route to their second Olympic gold medal.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Olympic women's hockey: Top 5 USA performances vs. Canada

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