El Centro
Americannoun
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After the Pretti shooting, Bovino was sent back to his posting in El Centro, Calif., and Scott was one of the officials sent to Minneapolis to help lower the temperature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
In 2020, he became sector chief for the El Centro region, a sleepy California stretch considered a backwater because so few immigrants attempt to cross illegally there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Reports emerged that Gregory Bovino had been relieved from his position as “commander at large” for Border Patrol and would return to his role as sector chief in El Centro, California, before quietly retiring.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026
In a statement, ICE said Yanez-Cruz was put in the detention facility’s medical unit for chest pains before being sent to El Centro Regional Medical Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026
Bob saw as he turned into the Bungalow Court at El Centro a youngish woman in white sitting on the second porch.
From The Desert Fiddler by William H. (William Henry) Hamby
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