Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The Department of Homeland Security said it has credible intelligence that Mexican cartels have placed bounties on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection officers.
The Tuesday statement from DHS said criminal networks have instructed "U.S.-based sympathetics," including Chicago street gangs, to "monitor, harass and assassinate" federal agents.
According to the federal agencies, the cartels are offering $2,000 for gathering intelligence, between $5,000 and $10,000 for kidnapping and assaults on standard ICE and CBP officers and up to $50,000 to assassinate high-ranking officials.
"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 protected our borders and communities," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said.
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