El Centro
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
The Atlantic, citing DHS sources, reported that Bovino had been demoted from his role of Border Patrol commander at large and would return to his former job in El Centro, Calif.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 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
Staying at El Centro and looking for a place to drop his money, I hear.
From The Desert Fiddler by Hamby, William H. (William Henry)
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