An uncharted federal criminal complaint on Monday, accused a man from Chicago on Monday, of having targeted a high -ranking member of the border patrol in a rental murder plot, an accusation that occurs while the Trump administration floods Illinois with agents of the application of immigration and mobilizes the troops of the National Guard.
The charge document said Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, recently offered $ 10,000 in a snapchat message for the murder of the head of the border patrol, who was not appointed in court documents.
However, the Ministry of Internal Security subsequently published a statement which identified the victim provided as Gregory Bovino, who played a very visible role in the immigration application campaigns in Los Angeles and Chicago.
An affidavit signed by a special agent with internal security surveys said that the agents had learned last week that Mr. Martinez had sent a snapchat message with a photo of the head of the border patrol and an offer for $ 2000 for information on this official or “10K if you withdraw”.
“Putting a price on the life of a law enforcement agent is an attack on the rule of law,” said Andrew S. Boutros, the best federal prosecutor in Chicago, in a statement.
This affidavit also said that Mr. Martinez sent messages on Saturday by directing members of a street gang in a region of Chicago where a federal agent fired on a person.
He was not immediately clear if Mr. Martinez had a lawyer. An official of the office of the federal defender in Chicago did not immediately respond to a request for comments. The Ministry of Internal Security said that Mr. Martinez is from Mexico and the United States illegally.
Mr. Bovino is frank on social networks and has adopted public shows, making him a star among supporters of President Trump. Others have denounced his work and the operations he helped to direct. Among these efforts, there is the immigration campaign of the Chicago region called Operation Midway Blitz, which has been encountered in recent weeks with demonstrations and constitutional criticisms of the national and local authorities.
