CHICAGO - An alleged ranking member of the Latin Kings was accused of a murder-for-hire scheme in which he offered $10,000 for the killing of a senior U.S. Border Patrol official in a federal complaint on Monday.

Prosecutors charged Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, of Chicago, with one count of murder-for-hire, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois.

What we know:

Martinez allegedly said in a Snapchat message "2k on information when you get him" and "10k if u take him down," according to the complaint.

The message included a photo of the senior law enforcement official who recently participated in immigration enforcement operations on behalf of Border Patrol.

"Putting a price on the life of a law enforcement officer is an attack on the rule of law,

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