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Federal Jury Acquits Mexican Man Accused of Offering Bounty For Murder Of Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino

U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino pushes through a crowd of media and protesters as he enters the Dirksen Federal Building on October 28, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois

A jury in Chicago found a Mexican national not guilty of offering a $10,000 bounty for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino despite prosecutors' claims that the man was a high-ranking member of the Latin Kings gang.

Concretely, Juan Espinoza-Martinez was acquitted of one count of murder for hire, a charge prosecutors said could have carried a 10-year prison sentence.

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