Federal agents in Chicago on Monday arrested a suspected Latin Kings leader accused of offering cash bounties to capture and kill a senior immigration officer working with “Operation Midway Blitz.”

The US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois unsealed a criminal complaint Monday charging 37-year-old Chicago resident Juan Espinoza Martinez with a single count of murder for hire.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified the official Martinez allegedly placed a bounty on as Commander at Large of the US Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino.

Martinez was taken into custody Monday morning, though his initial court appearance has not yet been scheduled.

US Attorney Andrew S. Boutros called the alleged plot “an attack on the rule of law.”

“Putting a price on the li

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