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Border Patrol leader Gregory Bovino to retire at end of March

Mar 16th 2026

Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who led Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota and was reassigned after two deadly agent-involved shootings in January, told Breitbart he will retire at the end of March.

  • Gregory Bovino said he will retire at the end of March.
  • He was removed from his commander-at-large role in late January and returned to California.
  • The reassignment followed two fatal January shootings of US citizens by federal immigration agents that remain under investigation.
  • Bovino publicly said a disarmed suspect intended to "massacre law enforcement," a claim not supported by public evidence.
  • The New York Times reported he was under investigation for making disparaging remarks about the Jewish faith of Minnesota's top federal prosecutor.
  • Bovino joined the Border Patrol in 1996 and led Operation Metro Surge and earlier enforcement deployments in multiple US cities.