CHICAGO (WLS) -- Federal authorities have unveiled what they say is a murder-for-hire scheme to kill the Border Patrol Chief in Chicago.

According to the Northern District U.S. Attorney's Office, 37-year-old Juan Espinosa-Martinez , a Latin Kings gang member, offered a bounty on U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino: $10,000 for the murder and $2,000 dollars for information.

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The I-Team was in federal court Tuesday as Juan Espinosa-Martinez made his first appearance after he was arrested Monday in Burr Ridge by a cadre of federal law enforcement including DEA, FBI, ATF, Border Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations officers.

Espinosa-Martinez, who goes by the street name "Monkey," is accused of offering a bounty to member

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