US EditionJury finds Chicago man not guilty of circulating $10K bounty on life of top Border Patrol leader Bovino
Juan Espinoza Martinez was acquitted after a jury found no proof he intended to pay $10,000 to kill Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino amid Chicago immigration enforcement.
- A jury found Juan Espinoza Martinez not guilty of offering a $10K bounty on the life of Border Patrol leader Bovino.
- The defense argued that Martinez was merely spreading neighborhood gossip, and no concrete evidence of intent was presented.
- Defense attorney Dena Singer stated, 'No money exchanged hands, no weapon, just words,' indicating the lack of evidence against Martinez.
- U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow barred testimony about Martinez's alleged gang affiliation due to lack of evidence.
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* Background is here if you need it. Jon Seidel… #BREAKING: Federal jury finds Chicago man NOT GUILTY of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino. The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: https://t.co/UhIunNGiP7 https://t.co/gBwREzBuxk — Jon Seidel (@SeidelContent) January 22, 2026 …Adding… [...]
Man Acquitted of Soliciting Murder of Border Official
“A federal jury on Thursday found a Chicago construction worker not guilty of charges he solicited the murder of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, delivering a swift repudiation in a case the Trump administration had held up as evidence of violence toward immigration officials,” the Chicago Tribune reports.
The twelve members of the jury found the 37-year-old Mexican Juan Espinoza Martínez, an immigrant carpenter living in Chicago, not guilty.
Washington, Jan 22 (EFE).- A federal jury in Chicago acquitted on Thursday an immigrant accused of offering a reward to assassinate Gregory Bovino, senior command of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) and a visible figure in the immigration raids promoted by President Donald Trump. The prosecution claimed that the defendant, Juan Espinoza Martínez, a carpenter and resident of Chicago for years, had promoted a paid murder through p…
Not guilty verdict in trial of Chicago man accused of murder-for-hire plot targeting Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino – WGNTV (Chicago)
During a recorded interrogation, Juan Espinoza Martinez admitted to sending a Snapchat message to a friend with a picture of Bovino. It read, “2k on info when they catch him. 10-k if you take him down.” Espinoza Martinez’s defense attorney says her client had no means, no ability, no money and that the messages sent were just words.
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