<p>A leader of the Latin Kings gang allegedly placed a bounty on the chief of the Trump administration’s deportation raids in Illinois amid a surge in violent attacks against federal immigration officers.</p>
<p>Federal law enforcement officers arrested illegal immigrant gangbanger Juan Espinoza Martinez after he allegedly attempted to orchestrate a murder-for-hire scheme to take out Commander at Large of the U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino.</p>
<p>Martinez, who goes by the nickname “Monkey,” allegedly sent a message to fellow gang members on Snapchat that pictured Bovino and offered a $10,000 reward to “take him down,” according to a screenshot <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/06/latin-kings-gang-member-arrested-illinois-after-placing-hit-commander-large-border">shared</a> by the Department of Homeland Security. The message also offered “$2,000 on information when you get him.”</p>
<p>“It’s a war zone out there,” Bovino <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382156307112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News host Sean Hannity Monday night in response to the latest threat.</p>
<p>He added: “That’s something out of a third-world country, is this America?”</p>
<div id="attachment_982031" style="width: 270px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-982031" class="wp-image-982031 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-25.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="405" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-25.jpg 260w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-25-193x300.jpg 193w" sizes=" (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px" /><p id="caption-attachment-982031" class="wp-caption-text">A screenshot of a Snapchat conversation shows a discussion about the bounty placed on Bovino. (Credit: DHS)</p></div>
<p>The gang leader also “instructed Latin Kings members to acquire firearms and hang out in the area” after a convoy of vehicles rammed into Border Patrol agents driving in the Chicago area Saturday, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1415976/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to court documents.</p>
<p>One of the alleged attackers was armed with a semiautomatic weapon, prompting agents to fire shots, striking the individual.</p>
<p>When agents called for backup from the Chicago Police Department as rioters formed a mob in response to the shooting, the local officers were instructed to stand down.</p>
<p>“Placing a bounty on a federal officer’s head is cowardly and an act of war on the rule of law,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche <a href="https://x.com/DAGToddBlanche/status/1975297505974767640" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement Monday. “This case shows what Take Back America means: reclaiming our neighborhoods from violent thugs and criminal gangs.”</p>
<p>“We will hunt anyone who targets those who protect our borders, streets, and communities. Rest assured &#8211; threaten law enforcement and the full weight of the U.S. government will come for you,” he said.</p>
<div id="attachment_982037" style="width: 381px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-982037" class="wp-image-982037 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-26.jpg" alt="" width="371" height="337" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-26.jpg 371w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/10/Untitled-design-26-300x273.jpg 300w" sizes=" (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px" /><p id="caption-attachment-982037" class="wp-caption-text">Mugshot of Juan Espinoza-Martinez<br />(Credit: DHS)</p></div>
<p>A federal judge declined to block Trump’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-send-texas-national-guard-troops-to-quell-anti-ice-attacks-in-chicago?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+To+Send+Texas+National+Guard+Troops+To+Quell+Anti-ICE+Attacks+In+Chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deployment</a> of troops to Chicago Monday, allowing the feds to send 200 Texas National Guard soldiers to quell anti-ICE violence across the sanctuary city while the case is ongoing. The next hearing in the case is set for Thursday, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/06/us/national-guard-trump-oregon-chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Times.</p>
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<p>Troops are expected to arrive in the Windy City Tuesday or Wednesday, according to the report.</p>
<p>Across the country, assaults on immigration agents have increased 1,000% in the past 8 months, according to DHS.</p>
<p>Illinois, however, has responded to the Trump administration’s move with a lawsuit as the sanctuary state’s governor, JB Pritzker, labels the deployment an “invasion.”</p>
<p>“The state of Illinois is going to use every lever at our disposal to resist this power grab and get [Kristi] Noem’s thugs the hell out of Chicago,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-allows-trump-to-deploy-troops-to-chicago-for-now">Pritzker said</a> in an afternoon press conference.</p>
<p>Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-establishing-ice-free-zones?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Chicago+Mayor+Brandon+Johnson+Signs+Executive+Order+Establishing+%E2%80%98ICE+Free+Zones%E2%80%99">responded</a> to the federal government’s actions Monday by establishing “ICE-free zones” across the city.</p>

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