Border Patrol chief targeted in alleged murder-for-hire plot focused on Snapchat messages
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Federal jury weighs murder-for-hire case against Juan Espinoza Martinez, accused of soliciting the killing of Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino for $10,000.
Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.
U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow sent jurors home for the day and told them to return Thursday morning for closing arguments, after which the case is expected to be handed to the jury, the AP reported.
Prosecutors allege Espinoza Martinez unknowingly sent Snapchat messages to a government informant, offering $2,000 for information on Bovino’s whereabouts and $10,000 "if you take him down." Jurors were shown screenshots of the messages, some of which included a photograph of Bovino, according to testimony cited by the AP.
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