What prosecutions or arrests have resulted from DHS’s October 2025 bounty intelligence?

1. The headline arrests: Dallas and suburban Chicago

DHS announced the October 14, 2025 arrest of Eduardo Aguilar after prosecutors said he posted on social media offering $10,000 bounties for the murder of ICE agents and was found with a loaded 9mm handgun at the time of arrest; the department stated he faces federal charges tied to that solicitation ^[1]. Separately, reporting indicates DHS arrested Juan Espinoza Martinez in Burr Ridge, Illinois, on October 6, 2025 after a screenshot of a Snapchat conversation purportedly showed Martinez discussing payment for information about or the killing of Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino; that arrest has been circulated in immigration- and border-focused outlets and on DHS channels ^{[2] [3]}.

2. DHS’s public narrative and the intelligence claim

DHS made a public statement asserting it had “credible intelligence” that Mexican criminals, in coordination with domestic extremist groups, disseminated a tiered bounty program paying from about $2,000 for doxxing to as much as $50,000 for assassinations—language repeated across DHS releases and reporting ^{[3] [5]}. The department tied the arrests to that broader analytic picture, portraying the Aguilar and Martinez cases as concrete law-enforcement responses to the threat stream identified in mid-October ^{[1] [3]}.

3. What the public record does and does not show about prosecutions

The DHS press release on Aguilar explicitly states he is in custody and facing federal charges related to soliciting violence against federal law enforcement, which implies prosecution is underway at the federal level ^[1]. For the Burr Ridge/Chicago arrest of Martinez, sources report an arrest and charging allegation about offering a bounty, but publicly cited material in this dataset does not include charging documents or outcomes such as indictments, plea agreements, or sentencing ^[2]. Beyond those named arrests, DHS’s public newsroom and subsequent roundups do not, in the sourced corpus, provide a comprehensive list of additional arrests or completed prosecutions tied directly to the October bounty intelligence ^{[4] [6]}.

4. Alternative views, political framing, and evidence limits

Some media coverage and foreign officials pushed back or sought additional proof: reporting referenced that Mexico’s president dismissed evidence claims in some outlets, and independent commentary varied in tone and attribution ^[7]. DHS’s reliance on classified or sensitive intelligence to substantiate the “credible” label is plausible but not fully documented in the public releases provided here, leaving open questions about the scope of the intelligence, what was directly traceable to Mexican cartels versus domestic actors, and how many more investigations remain confidential or ongoing ^{[3] [8]}. Official ICE statistics and policy pages explain the agency’s intelligence-driven enforcement posture but do not enumerate bounty-related prosecutions ^[9].

5. Bottom line: confirmed arrests, but prosecution picture incomplete

Publicly confirmed arrests tied to DHS’s October bounty intelligence include Eduardo Aguilar in Dallas (federal charges alleged) and Juan Espinoza Martinez in the Chicago area; DHS presents those arrests as part of a larger campaign to counter cartel-directed bounties ^{[1] [2] [3]}. However, the sourcing available does not document a broader, detailed list of prosecutions, convictions, or sentencing outcomes arising from the October intelligence—any additional cases may be under investigation, charged but not publicly reported, or withheld for operational reasons ^{[4] [6]}.