According to a report, Chicago police officers were directed by their chief of patrol not to respond to a call for assistance from Border Patrol agents during a ramming incident involving an armed woman. The incident occurred in Broadview, a suburb where anti-ICE demonstrations had been ongoing. A computer-aided dispatch message instructed officers to ignore the situation, citing that the caller was one of approximately 30 armed agents surrounded by a large crowd.

The Saturday morning event involved federal agents being rammed by multiple vehicles, with one driver reportedly carrying a semi-automatic weapon. Agents were forced to fire defensive shots at the individual, who was identified as Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen named in a Customs and Border Protection intelligence bulletin. Martinez allegedly targeted agents online, urging others to “f— those mortherf—— up.”

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated that no officers were seriously injured but criticized Chicago Police Department for abandoning the scene. Federal authorities deployed special operations to manage the crowd, while protesters described the area as “not a war zone.” A second individual, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, was detained in connection with the ramming. The woman treated at Mount Sinai Hospital was later released.