{"id":334051,"date":"2026-01-27T02:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-returning-to-position-in-el-centro-sources"},"modified":"2026-01-27T02:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:08:04","slug":"border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-returning-to-position-in-el-centro-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-returning-to-position-in-el-centro-sources","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino returning to place in El Centro: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Customs and Border Protection commander-at-large Greg Bovino is returning to El Centro, California, to resume his duties as chief of that sector, multiple sources told ABC News.<\/p>\n

The position of commander-at-large was a temporary position.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dept. of Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on Monday that Bovino “has NOT been relieved of his duties,” referring to him as a “key part of the President\u2019s team and a great American.”<\/p>\n

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It comes as Bovino and some Border Patrol agents are leaving Minneapolis, just as Border Czar Tom Homan arrives in the city.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump on Monday announced he is dispatching Homan<\/a> — bypassing the normal chain of command — where Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Bovino have been overseeing ICE operations.<\/p>\n

“He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me,” Trump wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n

Noem and Chief Advisor Corey Lewandowski met with Trump for almost two hours on Monday, according to the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was at her request, according to the Times, and her job reportedly isn’t in jeopardy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tensions over the administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement escalated over the weekend after the federal agent-involved deadly shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Multiple videos of the confrontation Saturday showed federal agents spraying Pretti with pepper spray and pinning him to the ground before the shooting.<\/p>\n

The Department of Homeland Security alleged that Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, and “violently resisted” when agents tried to disarm him. Local officials have disputed that characterization.<\/p>\n

It marked the second fatal, federal agent-involved shooting in Minneapolis this month.<\/p>\n

Noem, Bovino and FBI Director Kash Patel have defended the agents’ actions. Noem said Pretti had been “brandishing” a gun and possessed multiple magazines with the intent to inflict harm on officers — a “massacre,” Bovino claimed. Patel went so far as to suggest carrying a gun to a protest is illegal.<\/p>\n

State and local officials said Pretti was lawfully carrying a gun, with a concealed carry permit, and video reviewed and verified by ABC News\u00a0does not appear to show that Pretti drew his gun on the agents and instead was holding up a cell phone, not a gun, to record agents during the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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