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Border Patrol Shooting Leads to Probation for Woman

1/23/2026

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Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras pleaded guilty to illegally entering the United States and received one year of probation.
She was shot by a Border Patrol officer in Portland and wounded.
She appeared via video from a Tacoma immigration detention center.
The January 8 incident involved a truck driven by Luis David Niño-Moncada.
Niño-Moncada is charged with assaulting an officer, and Zambrano-Contreras must follow probation curfews.

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Story summary

Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras pleaded guilty to illegally entering the United States and received one year of probation.
She was shot by a Border Patrol officer in Portland and wounded.
She appeared via video from a Tacoma immigration detention center.
The January 8 incident involved a truck driven by Luis David Niño-Moncada.
Niño-Moncada is charged with assaulting an officer, and Zambrano-Contreras must follow probation curfews.