The FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives during the 2020s is a list, maintained for an eighth decade, of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. At any given time, the FBI is actively searching for 12,000 fugitives. As of November 15, 2023 [update], nine new fugitives have been added to the list.
The FBI in the past has identified individuals by the sequence number in which each individual has appeared on the list. Some individuals have even appeared twice, and often a sequence number was permanently assigned to an individual suspect who was soon caught, captured, or simply removed, before his or her appearance could be published on the publicly released list. In those cases, the public would see only gaps in the number sequence reported by the FBI. For convenient reference, the wanted suspect's sequence number and date of entry on the FBI list appear below, whenever possible.
The following fugitives made up the top Ten list to begin the 2020s:
Name | Sequence Number | Date of Entry | Notes |
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Robert William Fisher | #475 | 2002 | • Still at large but removed from the list. • Wanted for the murder of his wife and their two children in Scottsdale, Arizona on April 10, 2001. [2] • He was removed from the list on November 3, 2021, for no longer meeting the list criteria. [3] |
Alexis Flores | #487 | 2007 | • Still at large. • Wanted for kidnapping, raping and killing a 5-year-old girl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [4] |
Jason Derek Brown | #489 | 2007 | • Still at large but removed from the list. • Allegedly killed an armored car guard in Phoenix, Arizona during a bank robbery. [5] • He was removed from the list on September 7, 2022, for no longer meeting the list criteria. [6] [7] |
Yaser Abdel Said | #504 | 2014 | • Captured. • Wanted for the murders of his two teenage daughters. The girls died of multiple gunshot wounds on January 1, 2008, in Irving, Texas. [8] • Arrested on August 26, 2020, in Justin, Texas. [9] |
Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel | #514 | 2017 | • Still at large. • Wanted for the April 2015 murder of his wife at a Dunkin' Donuts shop in Hanover, Maryland. [10] |
Santiago Villalba Mederos | #515 | 2017 | • Captured. • Wanted for his involvement in several crimes committed in Tacoma, Washington. He allegedly fired multiple shots into a random car, killing a 20-year-old woman and seriously wounding her brother. In a separate incident he allegedly fired a single gunshot towards bystanders, striking and killing an innocent male victim. [11] • Arrested on June 5, 2020, in Tenancingo, Mexico. [12] |
Alejandro Castillo | #516 | 2017 | • Still at large. • Wanted for his alleged involvement in the murder of a co-worker in Charlotte, North Carolina. The victim’s body was located in a wooded area with a gunshot wound to the head. [13] |
Rafael Caro Quintero | #518 | 2018 | • Captured. • Wanted for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Kiki Camarena in 1985. [14] Additionally, he allegedly held an active key leadership position directing the activities of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Caro-Quintero Drug Trafficking Organization, [15] one of the former's subsidiaries. [16] • Arrested on July 15, 2022, in Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico. [17] |
Arnoldo Jimenez | #522 | 2019 | • Still at large. • Wanted for allegedly murdering his wife less than 24 hours after marrying her. [18] |
Eugene Palmer | #523 | 2019 | • Still at large but removed from the list. • Wanted for allegedly killing his daughter-in-law outside her home in Stony Point, New York. [19] • He was removed from the list on July 20, 2022, for no longer meeting the list criteria. [6] [20] |
It was not until June 2020 before any of the previous fugitives were captured. A second fugitive was caught in August 2020, and the first replacement was named in October 2020. Despite being captured in August 2020, the second fugitive was not replaced until September 2021. The minimum reward for information leading to a Ten Most Wanted Fugitive's arrest was increased from $100,000 to $250,000 on May 25, 2023. [21]
The list includes (in FBI list appearance sequence order): [20]
Name | Sequence Number | Date of Entry | Time Listed |
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Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez | #524 | October 13, 2020 | Two years |
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Octaviano Juarez-Corro | #525 | September 8, 2021 | Five months |
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Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias | #526 | November 3, 2021 | Still at large |
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Ruja Ignatova | #527 | June 30, 2022 | Still at large |
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Omar Alexander Cardenas | #528 | July 20, 2022 | Still at large |
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Michael James Pratt | #529 | September 7, 2022 | Three months |
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Wilver Villegas-Palomino | #530 | April 14, 2023 | Still at large |
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Donald Eugene Fields II | #531 | May 25, 2023 | Still at large |
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Vitel'Homme Innocent | #532 | November 15, 2023 | Still at large |
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The FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives during the 2020s is a list, maintained for an eighth decade, of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. At any given time, the FBI is actively searching for 12,000 fugitives. As of November 15, 2023 [update], nine new fugitives have been added to the list.
The FBI in the past has identified individuals by the sequence number in which each individual has appeared on the list. Some individuals have even appeared twice, and often a sequence number was permanently assigned to an individual suspect who was soon caught, captured, or simply removed, before his or her appearance could be published on the publicly released list. In those cases, the public would see only gaps in the number sequence reported by the FBI. For convenient reference, the wanted suspect's sequence number and date of entry on the FBI list appear below, whenever possible.
The following fugitives made up the top Ten list to begin the 2020s:
Name | Sequence Number | Date of Entry | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Robert William Fisher | #475 | 2002 | • Still at large but removed from the list. • Wanted for the murder of his wife and their two children in Scottsdale, Arizona on April 10, 2001. [2] • He was removed from the list on November 3, 2021, for no longer meeting the list criteria. [3] |
Alexis Flores | #487 | 2007 | • Still at large. • Wanted for kidnapping, raping and killing a 5-year-old girl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [4] |
Jason Derek Brown | #489 | 2007 | • Still at large but removed from the list. • Allegedly killed an armored car guard in Phoenix, Arizona during a bank robbery. [5] • He was removed from the list on September 7, 2022, for no longer meeting the list criteria. [6] [7] |
Yaser Abdel Said | #504 | 2014 | • Captured. • Wanted for the murders of his two teenage daughters. The girls died of multiple gunshot wounds on January 1, 2008, in Irving, Texas. [8] • Arrested on August 26, 2020, in Justin, Texas. [9] |
Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel | #514 | 2017 | • Still at large. • Wanted for the April 2015 murder of his wife at a Dunkin' Donuts shop in Hanover, Maryland. [10] |
Santiago Villalba Mederos | #515 | 2017 | • Captured. • Wanted for his involvement in several crimes committed in Tacoma, Washington. He allegedly fired multiple shots into a random car, killing a 20-year-old woman and seriously wounding her brother. In a separate incident he allegedly fired a single gunshot towards bystanders, striking and killing an innocent male victim. [11] • Arrested on June 5, 2020, in Tenancingo, Mexico. [12] |
Alejandro Castillo | #516 | 2017 | • Still at large. • Wanted for his alleged involvement in the murder of a co-worker in Charlotte, North Carolina. The victim’s body was located in a wooded area with a gunshot wound to the head. [13] |
Rafael Caro Quintero | #518 | 2018 | • Captured. • Wanted for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Kiki Camarena in 1985. [14] Additionally, he allegedly held an active key leadership position directing the activities of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Caro-Quintero Drug Trafficking Organization, [15] one of the former's subsidiaries. [16] • Arrested on July 15, 2022, in Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico. [17] |
Arnoldo Jimenez | #522 | 2019 | • Still at large. • Wanted for allegedly murdering his wife less than 24 hours after marrying her. [18] |
Eugene Palmer | #523 | 2019 | • Still at large but removed from the list. • Wanted for allegedly killing his daughter-in-law outside her home in Stony Point, New York. [19] • He was removed from the list on July 20, 2022, for no longer meeting the list criteria. [6] [20] |
It was not until June 2020 before any of the previous fugitives were captured. A second fugitive was caught in August 2020, and the first replacement was named in October 2020. Despite being captured in August 2020, the second fugitive was not replaced until September 2021. The minimum reward for information leading to a Ten Most Wanted Fugitive's arrest was increased from $100,000 to $250,000 on May 25, 2023. [21]
The list includes (in FBI list appearance sequence order): [20]
Name | Sequence Number | Date of Entry | Time Listed |
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Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez | #524 | October 13, 2020 | Two years |
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Octaviano Juarez-Corro | #525 | September 8, 2021 | Five months |
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Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias | #526 | November 3, 2021 | Still at large |
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Ruja Ignatova | #527 | June 30, 2022 | Still at large |
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Omar Alexander Cardenas | #528 | July 20, 2022 | Still at large |
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Michael James Pratt | #529 | September 7, 2022 | Three months |
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Wilver Villegas-Palomino | #530 | April 14, 2023 | Still at large |
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Donald Eugene Fields II | #531 | May 25, 2023 | Still at large |
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Vitel'Homme Innocent | #532 | November 15, 2023 | Still at large |
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