Federal prosecutors filed felony assault charges against a woman who was shot Saturday by U.S. Border Patrol on the Southwest Side, in what led to a heated confrontation between federal agents and nearly 100 protesters.

A Department of Homeland Security statement says the woman rammed her vehicle into the vehicle of federal agents, then took “defensive fire” from the agents. The woman was treated at a hospital and was discharged into the custody of the FBI, the statement says.

The charges filed Sunday morning accuse Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, of driving their vehicles in a civilian “convoy” that was following federal agents driving as part of a security detail for a Customs and Border Protection operation.

According to the eight-page criminal complaint, the c

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