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FILE - U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents arrive to escort U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Gregory Bovino from federal court in Chicago, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Jurors selected in trial for alleged murder-for-hire plot of Border Patrol leader in Chicago

A jury has been selected for the trial of a man accused of putting a $10,000 bounty on the life of a Border Patrol commander who led an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area last year.  It is the first criminal trial out of the crackdown in and around the nation’s third-largest city. Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, faces one count of murder-for-hire. Prosecutors allege he’s a “ranking member” of the Latin Kings gang who offered a cash incentive for Gregory Bovino’s killing. Attorneys and family members of Espinoza Martinez say he isn’t a gang member and is a working dad of three children.

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