FBI Director Kash Patel promised justice after two suspects allegedly rammed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent’s vehicle amid growing unrest across the country.
“Chicago will be saved, and this FBI will continue to crush violent crime there, and all around the country. Heading to the Windy City now,” Patel wrote on X.
DHS called the suspects, Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, “domestic terrorists” who “ambushed” agents in Chicago on Saturday.
According to an announcement from the DHS, Martinez had a semi-automatic handgun and “a history of doxxing federal agents.”
“She took defensive fire from CBP agents and has been discharged from the hospital and is currently in the custody of the FBI. The driver of another vehicle, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, involved in the ramming has been apprehended by law enforcement,” the statement said.
In a post on Sunday evening, Patel said that officials “just arrested two individuals who were allegedly driving these vehicles and attacking our federal law enforcement officers.”
“They have been charged for assaulting federal officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon. Attack our law enforcement, and this FBI will find you and bring you to justice,” Patel added.
Fox News Digital was told by an FBI source that the instances are being treated as AFOs, or assaults on federal agents.
The source also said that Martinez and Santos Ruiz are being charged with violating Title 18, U.S. Code, Sections 111(a) and (b), which make it a federal crime to physically attack, resist, or stop a federal officer from doing their job.
In the DHS release, officials noted that the scene became “increasingly violent as more domestic terrorists gathered and began throwing smoke, gas, rocks, and bottles at DHS law enforcement.”
“Another domestic terrorist was arrested for assaulting CBP at the scene,” the statement added. “Following JB Prtizker’s refusal to allow local police to help secure the scene, Secretary Noem has deployed special operations teams to restore law and order.”
Two people were arrested for the same kind of crime in Chicagoland on Friday.
According to officials, the suspects, Miguel Escareno De Loera and Widman Osberto Lopez-Funes, were both accused of using their cars as weapons in “deliberate attempts to ram and injure” ICE officers.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Friday the arrest of a criminal illegal immigrant and member of the Latin Kings street gang accused of placing a bounty on U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino.
According to DHS, a confidential source alerted authorities on October 3, 2025, that a “hit” had been ordered against Chief Bovino by a Latin Kings member. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit identified the suspect as Juan Espinoza Martinez. He was taken into custody on October 6 in Burr Ridge, Illinois.
HSI Chicago received a screenshot of a Snapchat conversation from a user named “Juan” appearing to place a $2,000 bounty for information “cuando lo agarren,” which translates to “when they catch him,” as well as a $10,000 reward “if you take him down.”
A third response of “LK….on him” indicates the involvement of the Latin Kings, a DHS press release stated.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged Juan Espinoza Martinez with soliciting the murder of a senior federal law enforcement official.
“Depraved individuals like Juan Espinoza Martinez – who do not value human life and threaten law enforcement– do NOT belong in this country. We will not allow criminal gangs to put hits on U.S. government officials and our law enforcement officers,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed Sunday that some federal officers have been targeted by “gangs, cartel members, and known terrorist organizations” who have put bounties on their heads.
Noem described a violent incident in Chicago on Saturday that ended with agents shooting an armed suspect, saying that a caravan of 10 vehicles followed and cornered federal agents on duty.