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Agents of Chaos: Unpacking the Actions of Border Patrol Agents Across the US This investigation is part of a collaboration between Bellingcat, Evident Media and CalMatters. You can watch Evident’s investigative video here, and read CalMatters’ report here. In early January 2025, a gardener named Ernesto Campos was pulled over by Border Patrol agents in the city of Bakersfield, California. The agen...
The article presents a concerning picture of a shadow policing apparatus, operating with a disturbing degree of opacity and seemingly unconstrained by established norms of accountability. The sheer collection of isolated incidents—the alleged excessive force, the rapid deployment to a protest, and the general concern about unidentified agents in public spaces—suggests a pattern far beyond random events. The core of the issue is not simply individual misconduct, but a fundamental lack of transpar...