This has seen more people call for more accountability as many critics have argued that both deaths were completely preventable.
Following the shooting of Pretti, Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino claimed that the agents did a good job and were the ones in danger, contradicting much of the rhetoric around the incident.
Reports have begun circulating suggesting that Bovino has since been fired and the ‘border tsar’ Tom Homan is set to come to the city and take control of the situation on the ground.
Assistant Secretary to the Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin, has dismissed the idea that Bovino has been fired.
In a post on X, she wrote: “Chief Gregory Bovino has NOT been relieved of his duties. As press secretary [Karoline Leavitt] stated from the White House podium, [Gregory Bovino] is a key part of the President’s team and a great American.”
CNN said three sources familiar with the situation told them that Bovino and some of his agents will leave Minneapolis today (January 27), but he will not lose his job.
They described it as a ‘mutual decision’ between Bovino and the White House, and that federal agents will remain in Minnesota.
