{"id":10388,"date":"2025-11-13T10:45:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=10388"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:45:03","slug":"chicago-street-gang-joins-the-fight-against-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=10388","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Street Gang Joins the Fight Against ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reportedly warned that Latin Kings street gang leaders issued a \u201cshoot on sight\u201d order targeting agents involved in immigration enforcement operations after officers faced gunfire and had bricks thrown at them in a Chicago neighborhood.\n<\/p>\n

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Officers and agents are advised \u201cto maintain heightened situational awareness and exercise extreme caution when conducting enforcement activities,\u201d according to an internal memo cited by\u00a0NewsNation\u00a0on Monday.\n<\/p>\n

Last month, the DHS\u00a0announced\u00a0the arrest of Juan Espinoza Martinez, a criminal illegal alien and Latin Kings gang member accused of placing a bounty on the Commander at Large of the U.S. Border Patrol, Chief Gregory Bovino.\n<\/p>\n

The agency says it obtained \u201ccredible intelligence\u201d that Mexican criminal networks are working with Chicago street gangs and groups like Antifa \u201cto monitor, harass, and assassinate federal agents.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

A screenshot shared by the DHS of a Snapchat conversation that HSI Chicago received showed a user named \u201cJuan\u201d offering $2,000 for information, \u201ccuando lo agarren,\u201d which translates to \u201cwhen they catch him.\u201d The message, which Martinez allegedly sent, also included a photo of Bovino.\n<\/p>\n

Another message that Martinez is accused of sending promised a $10,000 reward \u201cif you take him down\u201d before sending a third message that allegedly indicated the Latin Kings\u2019 involvement, stating, \u201cLK\u2026.on him.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

According to a\u00a0complaint\u00a0against Martinez, the Chicago-based street gang\u2019s criminal activities include \u201cnarcotics trafficking, extortion, murder, assault, firearms trafficking, armed robbery, kidnapping, burglary, money laundering, racketeering, and intimidation.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

In a Monday statement to NewsNation, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that \u201cour law enforcement is now facing an\u00a08,000% increase\u00a0in death threats against them while they risk their lives every single day to remove the worst of the worst.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The DHS spokesperson didn\u2019t comment on the Latin Kings\u2019 order regarding immigration officers and agents in the statement to NewsNation.\n<\/p>\n

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to The Christian Post\u2019s request for comment.\n<\/p>\n

In a Sunday\u00a0press release, the DHS blamed \u201csanctuary politicians and the media\u201d for an attack that occurred against U.S. Border Patrol agents conducting immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago neighborhood of Little Village.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cJB Pritzker and Brandon Johnson have fueled an environment of lawlessness and assault on federal law enforcement,\u201d Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the DHS, said in a statement on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIn less than three hours in Chicago, Border Patrol faced gunshots, violent mobs at every stop, bricks and other objects thrown at them, and four vehicle rammings,\u201d McLaughlin continued.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe violence in Chicago against law enforcement is unprecedented \u2014 These attacks are the consequence of vitriolic smears from sanctuary politicians and the media,\u201d she added. \u201cJust last week, Chicago and national media falsely accused law enforcement of raiding a daycare center. Now, they are silent when our agents come under gunfire.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, a crowd boxed the agents into a street and alleyway, and, as the agents were in the middle of apprehending a suspect, a male driving a black Jeep Wrangler fired multiple rounds.\n<\/p>\n

The man driving the jeep fled the scene after shooting at the agents, according to the DHS. In addition to the gunshots, Border Patrol agents had their vehicles damaged after the crowd threw bricks and paint cans from the roofs.\n<\/p>\n

After the first wave of the attack ended, a car attempted to ram into the Border Patrol convoy at the intersection of Cermak and California, but a Controlled Tire Deflation Device thwarted the attack, according to the DHS.\n<\/p>\n

Two drivers later tried to interfere with immigration enforcement operations as the Border Patrol convoy proceeded toward an FBI facility. One of the drivers who attempted to ram the convoy after ignoring a warning to stop was later arrested.\n<\/p>\n

After reaching the FBI facility, the Border Patrol agents received help from Chicago police in securing the perimeter after rioters attempted to breach security, according to the DHS.\n<\/p>\n

The agents left the FBI facility and encountered protestors near 26th and Pulaski, who threw objects and disregarded orders to disperse. Three suspects were later arrested after several individuals followed Border Patrol agents to a Sam\u2019s Club parking lot, and a vehicle rammed a Border Patrol vehicle.\n<\/p>\n

Following the attacks, Border Patrol arrested 8 U.S. citizens and one illegal alien, according to the DHS.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cMake no mistake: Our mission will continue despite the violence,\u201d McLaughlin said Sunday. \u201cTo any Antifa terrorist in Chicago: You will not stop us. You will not slow us down. And if you lay a hand on law enforcement, you will face the consequences.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published at The Christian Post. Photo Credit: Immigration and Customs Enforcement\/Flickr.<\/em>
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