Latino Gang Banger Busted In Alleged
The order was chilling: pay cash to take down a top U.S. border chief.
A Latin Kings gang member, in the country illegally, allegedly put a bounty on
Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino — and thought Snapchat would keep it secret.
Federal investigators say the threat against Chief Gregory Bovino was not an isolated burst of online bravado,
but part of a growing pattern that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem now calls “unprecedented.”
When a confidential source tipped authorities on October 3, 2025,
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations unit quickly traced the Snapchat messages to Juan Espinoza Martinez in Burr Ridge, Illinois.
The screenshots showed a $2,000 bounty for tracking Bovino and a $10,000 payout “if you take him down,”
with the ominous tag “LK…on him,” signaling Latin Kings involvement.
