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Coventry shooting The fatal shooting of a border patrol agent in Coventry in January 2025 led VTDigger’s reporters to help uncover a dark network of people known by some as “the\u00a0Zizians.” Authorities have tied the group to a half-dozen homicides around the country. Read VTDigger’s reporting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1723,"featured_media":613282,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"single-wide.php","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","everlit_article_id":"","everlit_hide_embed":false,"everlit_embed_size":"","everlit_generation_settings":[],"_everlit_article_id":"","_everlit_hide_embed":false,"_everlit_embed_size":"","_everlit_generation_settings":[],"_everlit_content_hash":"","_everlit_metadata_hash":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"hidden","newspack_hide_page_title":true,"newspack_show_share_buttons":false,"footnotes":""},"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"govpack_profile_tax":[],"coauthors":[153419],"class_list":["post-617944","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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