Amid rising tensions in Illinois as Operation Midway Blitz — ICE's deportation initiative in and around Chicago — carries on, law enforcement arrested suspected Latin Kings "ranking member" Juan Espinoza Martinez on Monday and charged him with a single count of murder for hire after he allegedly put a hit out on a Border Patrol chief, according to Fox News. According to the complaint obtained by Fox News, Martinez, 37, allegedly sent Snapchat messages that read, "2k on information when yo...| Blaze Media
The federal agents arrived in moving trucks and knocked down doors inside the apartment building, detaining as many as 40 people, witnesses said.| Block Club Chicago
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson said the feds must do a better job of working with local officials.| Block Club Chicago
The mother and two young children who were arrested Sunday in Millennium Park are being held at O'Hare Airport, while the father is in Broadview. A neighbor was able to bring the family some supplies like diapers and medicine to the airport Monday.| Block Club Chicago
If you have a law on the books that is not enforced, it encourages more people to break that law.| Stu Bykofsky