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Federal law enforcement officials suspect Mexican criminal organizations are funding a scheme to pay thousands of dollars in cash bounties for the killings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, with payouts allegedly increasing based on an employee’s rank and actions. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday announced the alleged bounty system offers $2,000 for gathering intelligence or doxxing agents — including photos and family details — $5,000 to $10,000 for kidnapping or non-lethal assaults on standard immigration officers, and up to $50,000 for the assassination of high-ranking officials. "Under President [Donald] Trump and [DHS Secretary Kristi...

The drug cartels basically said out loud this week that they want war. They might just get one. Before we get to war and other niceties, here's why they might have just opened a can of military-grade whoop-a** directly into their own faces. Bugs Bunny has been a hero of mine for so long that I can't remember a time when he wasn't. All Bugs ever really wanted to do was enjoy his (surprisingly posh) digs and indulge in a perfectly crafted carrot stew. He never sought out trouble, but when it came for him, he came back ready to...

There is credible intelligence that members of Mexican drug cartels have offered a "tiered" bounty system for hits against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Two weeks ago, the Justice Department charged a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings with putting a bounty on Greg Bovino, the CBP Commander overseeing the surge operations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland. Drug cartels have "disseminated a structured bounty program to incentivize violence against federal personnel," according to a press release from DHS. The federal agency alleges cartels...

An alleged ranking member of a Chicago street gang has been charged in federal court with soliciting the murder of a senior law enforcement official involved in the immigration enforcement operation known as “Operation Midway Blitz.”A criminal complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in Chicago charges Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, of Chicago, with one count of murder-for-hire. Martinez was arrested and awaits his initial appearance in federal court.Court documents say that Martinez is a ranking member of the Latin Kings, a street gang that has engaged in acts of violence and other illicit activities in Chicago and elsewhere. Martinez stated...

Anti-American leftist anarchists are doxing, stalking, and targeting federal agents in coordinated plots across major U.S. cities, with some groups offering thousands of dollars to kidnap or kill them, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. "So our intelligence indicates that these people are organized," Noem warned in a Sunday morning TV interview. "They're getting more and more people on their team, as far as attacking officers, and they're making plans to ambush them and to kill them. "We have specific officers and agents that have bounties on their heads. It's been $2,000 to kidnap them, $10,000 to...

The son of Ryan Wesley Routh, the latter of whom has been arrested in connection to the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, has been charged with possessing child pornography. Oran Routh is facing federal charges for the possession of child pornography after investigators searched his home in Greensboro, North Carolina. According to reports, the search was “in connection with an investigation unrelated to child exploitation,” per an FBI official. ABC News confirmed that the “unrelated” investigation is indeed in reference to Oran Routh’s father, who was arrested on September 14 in connection to a second assassination attempt...

BREAKING: President Trump and SecDef Pete Hegseth just sent out 3 United States Navy destroyers, joined by an attack submarine, near Venezuela to crack down on the cartels. The gloves are finally coming off.

A crowdfunding effort that claims to have raised a $40 million bounty for the assassination of President Trump has been linked to a former employee of Iran’s primary propaganda network. The campaign, organized by a group known as the “Blood Covenant,” comes after multiple radical Iranian clerics issued fatwas, or death warrants, against Trump – denouncing him as an “enemy of Allah” after the US military bombed three of Tehran’s nuclear facilities last month. “We pledge to award the prize to whoever can bring the militants and those who threaten the life of the Deputy of Imam Mahdi (may our...

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has disclosed that Hamas had placed bounties on American security workers in the enclave and that 12 of the organization’s local staff members had been murdered in its latest update on the situation in Gaza. The GHF, an Israeli and US-backed NGO, began operating in Gaza in May to distribute humanitarian aid. “Hamas has placed bounties on both our American security personnel and Palestinian aid workers, offering cash rewards to anyone who injures or kills them,” the Sunday GHF statement said. The aid organization acknowledged the reports that the Hamas terror group has been targeting its...

Hadi Matar finally went on trial Tuesday for attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie back in Aug. 2022. There is little, if any, doubt about Matar’s guilt .. for he stabbed Rushdie multiple times in full view of a shocked crowd at the Chautauqua festival. .. Barone managed to delay the trial for over a year. Now that it has begun, both Barone and his opposite number, Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt, seem curiously intent on preventing any discussion of Matar’s motive. Matar tried to kill the man who, at the time of the stabbing had carried for...

So many Democrats shouted things like "we're never going back" during last year's election season, and I think they might be right. It's just that the way forward was not what they thought it would be. Their open-borders, pro-criminals policies over the last four years have created an anti-immigration zeal in the U.S. Take for example, Mississippi House Bill 1484, which if it is passed will create the Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program. The bill was authored by state Rep. Justin Keen (R) and authorizes certified bounty hunters to round up illegal immigrants for deportation at $1,000 a pop....

According to Pamela Geller, “The terrorist Abu Mohammed al-Jolani had a ten million dollar bounty on his head for killing Americans in Iraq. Biden removed the bounty when his guerilla army took over Syria.” As Geller puts it “We have roughly two thousand soldiers in Syria. Why?”. yet another reason to withdraw American troops from Syria. Geller cites Bill Roggio as stating “The US State Department removed the $10 million reward for Abu Mohammad al Jolani, the Specially Designated Global Terrorist who leads Haytat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), which State describes as an Al Qaeda branch. The bounty on Jolani...

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has introduced a bill that will give a $100 million reward for the arrest and conviction of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.In a news release, Scott said Maduro is continuing his efforts to steal a third Venezuelan election, after Maduro's highly contested victory during Venezuela's presidential elections this year.Joined by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Scott will be introducing the STOP MADURO Act – otherwise known as the Securing Timely Opportunities for Payment and Maximizing Awards for Detaining Unlawful Regime Officials.The legislation increases the maximum reward amount from $15 million to a maximum of $100 million for information...

The man arrested in connection with an assassination attempt on Donald Trump left a witness a letter months before the incident discussing a plan to kill the former president, the Justice Department said Monday, as the department pushes to hold the suspect in jail before a federal gun trial. A letter—allegedly found in a box given to an unnamed witness by Ryan Routh, 58—said: “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you,” adding, “I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster.” The handwritten letter went on to say, “I will offer...

Hamas groomed an army of angry, insecure, wife-beating psychopaths and gave them permission to rape, mutilate and kill Israeli men, women, and children. The terror organization drugged these psychopaths, told them to videotape their atrocities, and offered them a $10,000 reward for taking hostages. Hamas savages were high on captagon, Israeli blood, and visions of martyrdom. They believed that they were heroes righting wrongs and injustices by killing and violating the “oppressors” who stole and occupy their land. The October 7th attack on Israel can be partly attributed to the red-green alliance of radical leftists and Islamists who foster a...

An Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) Medicaid document that was leaked reveals how the health insurer established a “COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Incentive program” to pay physicians for pushing COVID vaccines to their patients.

The government of Hong Kong is offering a bounty of up to $1 million to anyone who can help find eight activists who fled to other countries and continue to fight against its authoritarian government. I am not one of the eight, but all of us who fight for democracy in Hong Kong are in danger from a Chinese government that is chasing us for showing that it has broken its promises to keep Hong Kong a vibrant and free city-state. I became an activist for democracy in Hong Kong at the age of 14, when I started participating in...

The latest brand to face calls for a boycott after announcing their new "inclusive artists project." Consumer power has been demonstrated in many forms recently as the likes of Bud Light and Target have faced customer boycotts, seemingly resulting in massive losses of earnings. Bounty is facing the ire of many social media users after its "decision to exclude white artists" from a new art campaign. Newsweek contacted Bounty representatives and they replied that over the years, the brand has partnered with artists representing a variety of backgrounds. Earlier this year, Bounty launched a new campaign, Bounty Prints, to "use...

Documents reveal that the federal government and insurers incentivized healthcare providers in Kentucky and California to vaccinate Medicaid patients against COVID-19 by offering bonuses based on the percentage of patients successfully vaccinated. ... The federal government and insurers incentivized healthcare providers in Kentucky and California to vaccinate Medicaid patients against COVID-19 by offering bonuses based on the percentage of patients successfully vaccinated. “[This is] truly sickening and I am embarrassed for my profession by this,” Dr. Meryl Nass, an internist and biological warfare epidemiologist, wrote on her Substack, where she posted several documents relating to the COVID-19 vaccine provider incentive...

A Russian company today said it will offer five million roubles (£58,000) in cash to the first soldiers who destroy or capture Western tanks in Ukraine after the Kremlin vowed that any allied armoured vehicles shipped to Kyiv would 'burn'. The United States, Germany and more Western allies are lining up to join Britain in sending dozens of heavy tanks to Ukraine over the next few months to help boost the country's military capacity as the war approaches the 12-month mark. The decision by the NATO allies has been criticised by the Kremlin as a dangerous esclation, with Moscow warning...