'Was This A Trophy For Him?': Woman Shot By CBP Agent Testifies
Marimar Martinez testified before Congress on Tuesday that after being shot five times by Border Patrol agents in Chicago, a federal agent took a photograph of her with his cell phone at the hospital — without her consent and over her repeated objections:
In her testimony, Martinez revealed a new detail about what happened after she was shot.
“After being at the hospital for less than three hours, I was discharged from the hospital into custody of the FBI. As we left the hospital, I was escorted out through the back in a wheelchair. I observed over dozens of Border Patrol agents waiting outside the hospital,” Martinez said. “One of the agents came up to me with his cell phone and took a photograph of me. It was the same agent who had previously kept coming in and out [of my hospital] room, and I had to repeatedly tell him to leave. I told him I did not consent … but he did not care. It still haunts me that this agent has my photo on his phone. Was this the agent that shot me? Was this a trophy for him?”
The Department of Homeland Security initially claimed officers fired "defensively" when Martinez tried to run them over after she followed their vehicle to warn neighbors. She was charged with felony assault of a federal officer despite being hospitalized from her injuries.