A Chicago carpenter, recently acquitted of charges alleging he placed a $10,000 bounty on a Border Patrol commander, has been taken into immigration custody and now faces deportation, his attorneys confirmed on Tuesday.
Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, was cleared of one count of murder-for-hire last week. Within 24 hours of his acquittal, federal immigration agents apprehended him, according to defense lawyers Jonathan Bedi and Dena Singer. Born in Mexico, Mr Espinoza Martinez was brought to the US as a young child. His immigration status was not a factor in the initial criminal trial, which arose from a Chicago immigration crackdown.
