Gregory Bovino
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Gregory Kent Bovino is a United States Border Patrol officer who served as the commander-at-large of the Border Patrol from October 2025 to January 2026.
Bovino in 2026
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Bovino outside the Broadview ICE Facility in September 2025
Bovino walks alongside BORTAC officers in Minneapolis in January 2026.
Killing of Alex Pretti
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On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old American intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot multiple times and killed by two United States Cust
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…the Border Patrol. In December 2025, Bovino began leading Operation Metro Surge, a major immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Following the killing of Alex Pretti in January 2026, Bovino's comments faced criticism from within the Trump administration, and he was removed from leading the operation. The Atlantic…
Official portrait of Pretti in 2024 (as a registered nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs)
An image shared by DHS of the firearm that was said to have been carried by Pretti
A memorial at the site of the shooting
Officers with less lethal launchers on Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis