The U.S. Border Patrol has placed agents on high alert after its intelligence office uncovered a plot to obtain the home addresses of agents for the purpose of "torturing" federal law enforcement, including their family members, the Washington Examiner has learned.

The FBI has opened an investigation into troubling text message solicitations that request information that the sender promised will be used to target agents, according to a screenshot shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner Tuesday evening.

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"We will pay for any addresses of Border Patrol agents!! $200 your way if you get me a border patrol agent’s address. $1K if you get me they mommas address," the text messages state, according to a screenshot. "We offer $$$ for information on BP agents. Top dollar on good info. I’ll post us torturing any bp agent u send [sic]."

The threats were reported within Border Patrol and prompted an email warning from the El Paso regional office Tuesday.

"On October 10, 2023, the El Paso Sector Intelligence and Operations Center (EPT-IOC) received information regarding a threatening message concerning Border Patrol Agents (BPA)," the Border Patrol letter to agents states.

"Las Cruces FBI agents encountered a message in where a subject is offering money to anyone who can provide addresses of BPAs," the warning continued. "The sender offered a higher compensation amount for the addresses of any agents’ mother and/or 'Top dollar' for good information on agents. The sender stated he would post them torturing any BPA they send information on."

The warning stated that the FBI was "actively working" on the matter.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency that manages the Border Patrol, did not provide a comment about the safety threat against agents.

Border Patrol called on agents to "remain cognizant of their surrounding at all times and report any suspicious activity" to supervisors.

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Officials in Texas and Washington said internal rumors that Mexican cartels are behind the messages have not been confirmed, but the FBI was looking at one suspect. The FBI did not respond to a request for comment.

The National Border Patrol Council did not provide a comment.