Mexican cartels issue bounties to kill ICE personnel in Chicago: DHS

CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says Mexican drug cartels have placed bounties on ICE personnel in Chicago.

According to DHS, “These criminal networks have issued explicit instructions to U.S.-based sympathetics, including street gangs in Chicago, to monitor, harass, and assassinate federal agents.”

DHS said gang members, affiliated with such groups as the Latin Kings, have been used as “spotters” on rooftops, equipped with firearms and radio communication to track U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel…

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