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Pedro Camacho

DHS Announces Arrest of 'Depraved Individual' Who Allegedly Placed Bounty on Border Patrol Chief in Chicago

ICE and law enforcement partners arrest Juan Espinoza-Martinez (Credit: DHS official website)

The Department of Homeland Security announced the arrest of a Chicago man accused of placing a bounty on a senior Border Patrol official.

According to a federal criminal complaint unsealed on Monday, Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, allegedly offered up to $10,000 for the killing of Chief Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol's Commander at Large, in a message shared via Snapchat, as NBC News reports. Prosecutors said Espinoza Martinez also offered $2,000 for information on the official's whereabouts.

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