Overview

• ICE agents arrested Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez at a Chicago market on July 19 and he remains in federal custody under an immigration detainer.
• He faces charges of concealing a corpse, abuse of a corpse and obstruction of justice in the death of 37-year-old Megan Bos, whose body was found in a bleach-filled container.
• Lake County Judge Randie Bruno granted his pretrial release in April after determining the charges did not meet the state’s SAFE-T Act criteria for detention.
• The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has requested that ICE allow local custody to ensure he faces a criminal trial and potential consecutive sentences.
• The case has reignited debate over Illinois’s elimination of cash bail and the limits of federal immigration enforcement to override state court decisions.