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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Tuesday that Mexican drug cartels have placed bounties on the heads of immigration law enforcement agencies.

In a <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/14/bounties-originating-mexico-offered-shoot-ice-and-cbp-officers-chicago">press release</a> on the Department's website, DHS stated that cartels have employed spotter networks and a tiered system of bounties for doxxing, assaulting, or even assassinating Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents and leaders. The new intelligence comes amid a dramatic spike in attacks on immigration agents, including several attempted shootings on ICE facilities.

“These criminal networks are not just resisting the rule of law, they are waging an organized campaign of terror against the brave men and women who protect our borders and communities,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in the release. “Our agents are facing ambushes, drone surveillance, and death threats, all because they dare to enforce the laws passed by Congress. We will not back down from these threats, and every criminal, terrorist, and illegal alien will face American justice.”
<h2>Chicago Street Gangs</h2>
According to DHS investigations, the cartels have issued explicit instructions to groups in the United States, including Antifa and Chicago's various street gangs, to conduct spotting operations in Chicago. In particular, gangs like the Latin Kings have been employed to watch ICE and CBP operations from rooftops in neighborhoods such as Pilsen and Little Village.

These gang members are armed and have radio communications, through which they relay the locations of agents and operations, the DHS said. These spotter networks have enabled "ambushes and disruptions" to ICE raids and other enforcement actions as part of Operation Midway Blitz, the DHS's immigration crackdown in Chicago, it added.

The cartels have also reportedly put out a tiered system of bounties on immigration agents and the heads of the several immigration law enforcement agencies. A bounty of $2,000 is being offered for gathering intelligence—including family details—or taking photos or otherwise doxxing federal agents. Bounties between $5,000 and $10,000 are being offered for kidnapping or other forms of non-lethal assaults on agents of ICE and CBP. A reward of up to $50,000 is being offered for the assassination of high-ranking leaders of the agencies.
<h2>Violent Attacks</h2>
Federal law enforcement agents have already faced several high-profile attacks already. In July, a <a href="https://www.ntd.com/gunman-killed-in-apparent-attempt-to-ambush-border-patrol-agents-in-texas_1077584.html">gunman opened fire</a> on a CBP annex near the McAllen International Airport in McAllen, Texas. A local police officer responding to the scene was shot in the knee, but federal agents neutralized the gunman before anyone else was injured.

In late September, a sniper opened fire on an <a href="https://www.ntd.com/3-shot-at-dallas-ice-facility_1092503.html">ICE facility in Dallas</a>, killing one illegal alien being detained at the facility and injuring two others. One of the detainees later <a href="https://www.ntd.com/2nd-detainee-dies-after-shooting-at-dallas-ice-facility_1093616.html">succumbed</a> to his injuries.

In Chicago, authorities arrested two individuals who <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/04/update-dhs-deploys-special-operations-after-multiple-violent-attacks-federal-law">rammed their vehicles</a> into federal agents' vehicles. One of them, a woman, had a history of doxxing agents and was carrying a semi-automatic weapon at the time. CBP agents fired in self-defense; the woman was released from a hospital shortly afterward and placed in the custody of the FBI. Another man who also rammed law enforcement was arrested. Two more were arrested while federal agents were making the arrest: one for assaulting agents at the scene; another for ramming his vehicle into a separate ICE vehicle responding to the scene.

The press release noted that Antifa groups have provided logistical support to protesters and rioters in Chicago and Portland, including providing supplies, doxxing agents, and interfering with arrest and detentions.

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