Crime & Law
FBI Seeking Other Possible Victims of Chicago Border Patrol Officer Alleged to Be ‘Serial Rapist’
A Federal Patrol agent's badge is seen near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo / Erin Hooley, File)
Federal investigators in Chicago are seeking other potential victims after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent described by prosecutors as a “serial rapist” who preyed on suburban women was arrested and charged this week.
The FBI’s Chicago field office on Wednesday said it is seeking to identify other potential victims of 44-year-old Luis Uribe, who stands accused of robbing and/or sexually assaulting at least four women in Schaumburg and Naperville throughout 2022.
He has pleaded not guilty.
In seeking to have Uribe detained pending trial, prosecutors alleged that he turned his position as a Border Patrol officer into a “license to commit or attempt to commit gunpoint sexual assaults and robberies” against sex workers.
According to federal prosecutors, Uribe repeatedly forced his way into victims’ hotel rooms where he robbed them at gunpoint and/or attempted to sexually assault them. All of the victims were of Chinese descent, prosecutors said.
After Uribe’s initial attacks in early 2022, word of his “rampant abuse of sex workers in the Chicagoland area” began to spread, prosecutors said.
Uribe was charged in Chicago’s federal court this week with 10 counts of deprivation of civil rights under color of law and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years and a maximum sentence of life in prison.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said federal privacy laws prohibit the office from commenting on any individual cases, but added that the agency “takes all allegations of employee misconduct seriously.”
“Overall, CBP employees, officers and agents perform their duties with honor and distinction, working tirelessly every day to keep our country safe,” the spokesperson said. “CBP is committed to ensuring that all employees are held to the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and personal conduct.”
Any other potential victims or anyone with possible information about Uribe’s alleged crimes is asked to contact the FBI at 312-239-7423.
