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Federal prosecutors in Charlotte are dropping the final charge against Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez, a 24-year-old U.S. citizen accused of assaulting Border Patrol agents during a raid last fall. Martinez, a local father of two, faced felony assault charges after agents claimed he used his work van as a weapon while filming them. The case stemmed from Operation Charlotte’s Web, where agents arrested people in parking lots and outside a church. Martinez could have faced over twenty years in prison, but the charge was dismissed due to lack of evidence. Court hearings revealed cellphone videos of agents planning to smash into Martinez’s van and even drinking Modelo beers in their car. This filing comes after his defense planned to question a recently demoted Border Patrol commander. If approved, it marks the fourth dismissal since the raids, with prosecutors reducing charges in other cases as well.

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