Murder Solicitation or Neighborhood Gossip? Trial Underway in Case of Chicago Man Accused in Greg Bovino Murder-for-Hire Plot

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Original Load Date Jan. 25, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
Last Updated Jan. 25, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
Original URL https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/21/murder-solicitation-or-neighborhood-gossip-trial-underway-case-chicago-man-accused-greg

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When a Chicago man shared a Snapchat message with his brother and a friend, was he soliciting the murder of a high-ranking Border Patrol official or simply resharing neighborhood gossip he’d seen on social media? That’s at the heart of the case against Juan Espinoza Martinez, a Little Village man a...