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Former ComEd Vice President Fidel Marquez, a key witness in the racketeering case against Michael Madigan, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on April 5, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Ex-ComEd executive who went undercover for FBI in Madigan bribery probe gets probation

February 19, 2026 at 6:37 p.m.

More than seven years after he agreed to become an FBI mole, former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez was sentenced to two years of probation Thursday for his role in a...

Then-Cook County Board Member Jeff Tobolski meets with the County Board on Sept. 11, 2013, in Chicago. (Nancy Stone/baiduhai)

Contractor admits to bribing McCook mayor, acting as bag man for other extortion payments

February 17, 2026 at 4:28 p.m.

A suburban contractor swept up in the corruption investigation of then-McCook Mayor Jeff Tobolski admitted in federal court Tuesday he paid bribes in exchange for contracts with the village.

Reynaldo Guevara leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on June 8, 2018. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Ex-CPD detective invokes 5th Amendment dozens of times in wrongful conviction trial

February 12, 2026 at 4:40 p.m.

Disgraced former Chicago police detective Reynaldo Guevara invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination more than 80 times Thursday in an ongoing federal wrongful conviction trial.

Juan Espinoza Martinez with his three U.S.-born children. Espinoza Martinez is facing deportation despite a jury finding him not guilty of putting a bounty on Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino during Operation Midway Blitz. (Family photo)

Immigration judge denies bond for Chicago man acquitted in Bovino murder-for-hire plot

February 11, 2026 at 5:49 p.m.

An immigration judge on Wednesday denied bond to a Chicago man acquitted last month of charges he offered money for the killing of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.

Marimar Martinez attends a press conference with her lawyers on Feb. 11, 2026, in Chicago’s Loop after the release of body camera videos and text messages from the Border Patrol officer who shot her last year in the Brighton Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Marimar Martínez lawyers say officials ‘created a culture of violence’ among agents

February 11, 2026 at 6:14 p.m.

Lawyers for Marimar Martínez, the Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent in October, said evidence released this week "shows the world" that Trump administration officials "have created a...

Bodycam video shows Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum driving in evidence made public from the federal investigation into Marimar Martínez, who was shot five times and wounded by Exum on Oct. 4, 2025, following a traffic crash at 39th Street and South Kedzie Avenue. Assault charges against Martínez were dismissed on Nov. 20, 2025. (U.S. attorney's office)

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino praised agent after shooting Marimar Martínez in Chicago, evidence shows

February 10, 2026 at 11:06 p.m.

A trove of evidence was released Tuesday in the controversial shooting of Marimar Martinez by a Border Patrol agent at the height of Operation Midway Blitz last October, including a...

Judge says Chicago man acquitted in Bovino murder-for-hire plot being unlawfully detained

February 7, 2026 at 3:13 p.m.

A federal judge in Indiana has ruled immigration officials are unlawfully detaining a Chicago man acquitted last month of charges he offered money for the killing of Border Patrol Cmdr....

Marimar Martínez, who was shot five times by a federal agent in Chicago, testifies during a public forum on the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security agents, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty)

Judge agrees to lift protective order, allow release of evidence in Marimar Martinez shooting

February 6, 2026 at 2:52 p.m.

Saying the federal government has shown "zero concern" about ruining the reputation of a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent, a federal judge on Friday agreed to lift...

Marimar Martínez, who was shot five times by an immigration enforcement agent in Chicago, testifies during a public forum on the violent use of force by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty)

Marimar Martínez plans to attend Trump’s State of the Union speech, lawyer says

February 5, 2026 at 5:27 p.m.

Marimar Martínez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, will attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech before Congress later this month,...

Congressional candidate Katherine "Kat" Abughazaleh, right, and her deputy campaign manager Andre Martin, far left, leave with their attorneys and supporters from Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Jan. 28, 2026, after a hearing for charges of conspiracy during a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility in September. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Trial set for May in ‘Broadview Six’ conspiracy case against Operation Midway Blitz protesters

February 5, 2026 at 5:59 p.m.

A federal judge on Thursday set a May trial date in the politically charged “Broadview Six” case accusing a group of Democrats and other protesters of conspiring to impede immigration...

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