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The Criminal Investigative Division (CID) at [[J. Edgar Hoover Building|FBI Headquarters]] calls upon all 56 Field Offices to submit candidates for the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list.<ref name="FAQ">{{Cite web|title=Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Program|url=https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/ten-most-wanted-fugitives-faq|publisher=FBI|accessdate=2013-02-17}}</ref> The nominees received are reviewed by Special Agents in the CID and the Office of Public Affairs.<ref name="FAQ"/> The selection of the "proposed" candidate(s) is forwarded to the Assistant Director of the CID for his/her approval and then to the FBI's Director for final approval.<ref name="FAQ"/> This process takes some time which is why [[Whitey Bulger|James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr.]], who was arrested in [[Santa Monica]], [[California]] on June 22, 2011,<ref>Melley, Brian and Greg Risling (2011-06-23). FBI arrests mob boss Whitey Bulger in Calif. ''Associated Press''.</ref> remained on the list until May 9, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten|title=FBI Ten Most Wanted|accessdate=2011-11-27}}</ref> despite no longer being at large. [[Osama bin Laden]] similarly remained on the list for almost a year after his [[Death of Osama bin Laden|death at the hands of U.S. forces]] on May 2, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=FBI replaces bin Laden on Ten Most Wanted list |first=Jeremy |last=Pelofsky |agency=Reuters |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=2012-04-10}}</ref>
The Criminal Investigative Division (CID) at [[J. Edgar Hoover Building|FBI Headquarters]] calls upon all 56 Field Offices to submit candidates for the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list.<ref name="FAQ">{{Cite web|title=Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Program|url=https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/ten-most-wanted-fugitives-faq|publisher=FBI|accessdate=2013-02-17}}</ref> The nominees received are reviewed by Special Agents in the CID and the Office of Public Affairs.<ref name="FAQ"/> The selection of the "proposed" candidate(s) is forwarded to the Assistant Director of the CID for his/her approval and then to the FBI's Director for final approval.<ref name="FAQ"/> This process takes some time which is why [[Whitey Bulger|James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr.]], who was arrested in [[Santa Monica]], [[California]] on June 22, 2011,<ref>Melley, Brian and Greg Risling (2011-06-23). FBI arrests mob boss Whitey Bulger in Calif. ''Associated Press''.</ref> remained on the list until May 9, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten|title=FBI Ten Most Wanted|accessdate=2011-11-27}}</ref> despite no longer being at large. [[Osama bin Laden]] similarly remained on the list for almost a year after his [[Death of Osama bin Laden|death at the hands of U.S. forces]] on May 2, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=FBI replaces bin Laden on Ten Most Wanted list |first=Jeremy |last=Pelofsky |agency=Reuters |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=2012-04-10}}</ref>


==List as of September 26, 2017==
==List as of August 11, 2017==


[[Bounty (reward)|Rewards]] are offered for information leading to capture of fugitives on the list; the reward is $100,000 for all fugitives, with the exception of Jason Derek Brown, which is $200,000.
[[Bounty (reward)|Rewards]] are offered for information leading to capture of fugitives on the list; the reward is $100,000 for all fugitives, with the exception of Jason Derek Brown, which is $200,000.
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| Macedo, a member of the [[Latin Kings (gang)|Latin Kings]] gang in [[Chicago]] is wanted in the murder of a 15-year-old boy in Chicago on May 1, 2009. The boy was supposedly murdered because he did not give a gang sign. The boy's body was set on fire, allegedly by his fellow Latin Kings members. Macedo supposedly ordered the attack. He was captured on August 27, 2017 in [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]], [[Mexico]] without incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-teen-killed-burned-10-most-wanted-arrest-20170827-story.html|title=10 Most Wanted suspect in teen's killing, burning is caught in Mexico: FBI|first=Chicago Tribune|last=staff|publisher=}}</ref>
| Macedo, a member of the [[Latin Kings (gang)|Latin Kings]] gang in [[Chicago]] is wanted in the murder of a 15-year-old boy in Chicago on May 1, 2009. The boy was supposedly murdered because he did not give a gang sign. The boy's body was set on fire, allegedly by his fellow Latin Kings members. Macedo supposedly ordered the attack. He was captured on August 27, 2017 in [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]], [[Mexico]] without incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-teen-killed-burned-10-most-wanted-arrest-20170827-story.html|title=10 Most Wanted suspect in teen's killing, burning is caught in Mexico: FBI|first=Chicago Tribune|last=staff|publisher=}}</ref>
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| Van Wisse is accused of murdering a 22-year-old woman in an office building in [[Austin, Texas]], on September 20, 1983. The victim was sexually assaulted and strangled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/robert-francis-van-wisse|title=Van Wisse's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert|publisher=FBI|accessdate=December 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bien|first1=Calily|title=1983 Austin murder suspect added to FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list|url=http://kxan.com/2016/12/13/fbi-in-austin-looking-for-texans-on-top-10-most-wanted-list/|accessdate=December 13, 2016|work=KXAN}}</ref> He surrendered to U.S. officials in [[Laredo, Texas]] at the Mexican border on January 26, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Villalpando|first1=Roberto|last2=Hall|first2=Katie|title=Fugitive in 1983 Austin cold case surrenders to authorities|url=http://www.statesman.com/news/local/fugitive-1983-austin-cold-case-surrenders-authorities/LscSphQPN5cpUDNHzexFlK/|accessdate=January 27, 2017|work=Austin American-Statesman|date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
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Revision as of 02:23, 27 September 2017

A color photograph of a man with a moustache wearing tinted glasses, a white undershirt, and a yellow overshirt in front of a white wall
On May 19, 1996, Leslie Isben Rogge became the first person on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list to be apprehended due to the Internet.

The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The list arose from a conversation held in late 1949 between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, and William Kinsey Hutchinson,[1] International News Service (the predecessor of the United Press International) editor-in-chief, who were discussing ways to promote capture of the FBI's "toughest guys". This discussion turned into a published article, which received so much positive publicity that on March 14, 1950, the FBI officially announced the list to increase law enforcement's ability to capture dangerous fugitives.[2]

Individuals are generally only removed from the list if the fugitive is captured, dies, or if the charges against them are dropped; they are then replaced by a new entry selected by the FBI. In nine cases, the FBI removed individuals from the list after deciding that they were no longer a "particularly dangerous menace to society". Machetero member Víctor Manuel Gerena, added to the list in 1984, was on the list for 32 years, which was longer than anyone else.[1] Billie Austin Bryant spent the shortest amount of time on the list, being listed for two hours in 1969.[3] The oldest person to be added to the list was William Bradford Bishop on April 10, 2014 at 77 years old. On rare occasions, the FBI will add a "Number Eleven" if that individual is extremely dangerous but the Bureau does not feel any of the current ten should be removed.[4] Despite occasional references in the media, the FBI does not rank their list; no suspect is considered "#1 on the FBI's Most Wanted List" or "The Most Wanted."[1]

The list is commonly posted in public places such as post offices. In many cases, fugitives on the list have turned themselves in on becoming aware of their listing. As of December 4, 2014, 504 fugitives have been listed, eight of them women, and 473 (94%) captured or located, 155 (31%) of them due to public assistance. On May 19, 1996,[5] Leslie Isben Rogge became the first person on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list to be apprehended due to the internet.[6] The FBI maintains other lists of individuals, including the Most Wanted Terrorists,[7] along with crime alerts, missing persons, and other fugitive lists.

On June 17, 2013, the list reached the quantity of 500 fugitives.[8]

New additions

The Criminal Investigative Division (CID) at FBI Headquarters calls upon all 56 Field Offices to submit candidates for the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list.[9] The nominees received are reviewed by Special Agents in the CID and the Office of Public Affairs.[9] The selection of the "proposed" candidate(s) is forwarded to the Assistant Director of the CID for his/her approval and then to the FBI's Director for final approval.[9] This process takes some time which is why James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr., who was arrested in Santa Monica, California on June 22, 2011,[10] remained on the list until May 9, 2012[11] despite no longer being at large. Osama bin Laden similarly remained on the list for almost a year after his death at the hands of U.S. forces on May 2, 2011.[12]

List as of August 11, 2017

Rewards are offered for information leading to capture of fugitives on the list; the reward is $100,000 for all fugitives, with the exception of Jason Derek Brown, which is $200,000.

Seven of the ten still at large are believed – or known – to be living outside the United States.

Photo Name Date added Sequence
number 		Comments
Robert William Fisher June 29, 2002 475 Fisher is wanted for the 2001 murder of his wife Mary and their two children, Robert, Jr. and Brittney, and then blowing up the Scottsdale, Arizona house in which they lived. Investigators believe that Robert Fisher murdered his family because he felt threatened by his wife's intent to divorce.[13][14]
Alexis Flores
Alexis Flores
 Alexis Flores June 2, 2007 487 Flores is wanted for the kidnapping, rape and murder of five-year-old Iriana DeJesus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 2000. He was deported to his native Honduras in 2005 after serving a prison term for forgery in Arizona. He was added to the list after deportation when his DNA was matched to the DeJesus crime.[15][16]
Jason Derek Brown December 8, 2007 489 Brown is wanted for murder and armed robbery in Phoenix, Arizona. Authorities allege that in November 2004, Brown shot and killed an armored car guard outside a movie theater and fled on a bicycle with $56,000 in a duffel bag. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $200,000 for information leading to Brown's capture.[17][18] Authorities believe that he may have fled the country and could be living in France or Thailand.[19]
Eduardo Ravelo
Eduardo Ravelo
 Eduardo Ravelo October 21, 2009 493 Ravelo is wanted for his alleged involvement in racketeering activities, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and conspiracy to possess heroin, cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute. His alleged criminal activities began in 2003.[20] Ravelo is believed to be hiding with his wife and children in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.[21]

William Bradford Bishop, Jr. April 10, 2014 502 Bishop is wanted for killing his mother, wife and three children in 1976 at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. It is believed that following the murders, he drove to Columbia, North Carolina to dispose of the bodies and ditched his car at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and disappeared. Bishop is believed to be hiding in plain sight in Europe or somewhere in the United States.
Yaser Abdel Said December 4, 2014 504 Said is wanted for the double murders of his two daughters in Irving, Texas. The crime occurred on January 1, 2008. The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for any information that leads to Said's capture.
Luis Macedo (captured) May 19, 2016 507 Macedo, a member of the Latin Kings gang in Chicago is wanted in the murder of a 15-year-old boy in Chicago on May 1, 2009. The boy was supposedly murdered because he did not give a gang sign. The boy's body was set on fire, allegedly by his fellow Latin Kings members. Macedo supposedly ordered the attack. He was captured on August 27, 2017 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico without incident.[22]
Robert Francis Van Wisse (surrendered) December 13, 2016 511 Van Wisse is accused of murdering a 22-year-old woman in an office building in Austin, Texas, on September 20, 1983. The victim was sexually assaulted and strangled.[23][24] He surrendered to U.S. officials in Laredo, Texas at the Mexican border on January 26, 2017.[25]
Walter Yovany Gomez (captured) April 12, 2017 513 Gomez is wanted for his alleged involvement in a gang killing in Plainfield, New Jersey on May 8, 2011. According to the FBI, he is a member of the MS-13 gang and he, along with another gang member, attacked and killed a man who was "suspected of socializing with a rival gang and had been ordered to be killed by MS-13 leaders". Gomez is a Honduran citizen who was in the U.S. illegally, but the FBI believes he is still in the U.S.[26][27] Gomez was captured on August 11, 2017 in Woodbridge, Virginia without incident.[28][29]
Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel April 18, 2017 514 Patel allegedly stabbed and killed his wife in a doughnut shop in Hanover, Maryland on April 12, 2015. He was last seen taking a shuttle to Penn Station in Newark. According to authorities, he has connections to Canada, India, New Jersey, Kentucky, Georgia and Illinois.[30][31]
Santiago Villalba Mederos September 25, 2017 #515 Santiago Villalba Mederos, a member of the violent Eastside Lokotes Sureno gang, is wanted in connection with two separate shootings in Tacoma, Washington, that resulted in the death of a young woman and the serious wounding of her brother, and a month later, the murder of a young man. Mederos was a teenager at the time of the killings.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "This Day in History 1950: The FBI debuts 10 Most Wanted". History.com. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  3. ^ McCabe, Paul (2001-03-21). "Ask the FBI.: The Ten Most Wanted list". USA Today.
  4. ^ Douglas, John; Mark Olshaker (July 1999). The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals. Mindhunters, Inc. ISBN 0-671-02393-4.
  5. ^ "U.S. Fugitive Surrenders In Guatemala After Photo Is Seen On Internet". Associated Press. 1996-05-19.
  6. ^ "Biography – Wanted: Gentleman Bank Robber: The True Story of Leslie Isben Rogge, One of the FBI's Most Elusive Criminals from Nish Publishing Company".
  7. ^ "FBI Most Wanted Terrorists". FBI.gov. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  8. ^ "Alleged rapist, killer added to FBI's 'Most Wanted' list". NBC News. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
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  10. ^ Melley, Brian and Greg Risling (2011-06-23). FBI arrests mob boss Whitey Bulger in Calif. Associated Press.
  11. ^ "FBI Ten Most Wanted". Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  12. ^ Pelofsky, Jeremy (2012-04-10). "FBI replaces bin Laden on Ten Most Wanted list". Yahoo! News. Reuters.
  13. ^ Zoellner, Tom (August 7, 2002). "Report portrays suspect in family killing as cruel, controlling". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2010-05-02. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  15. ^ "Flores' FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert". FBI. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-07-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "AMW Fugitive Data File for Alexis Flores". AMW.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-06-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Brown's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert". FBI. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2007-12-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ "AMW Fugitive Data File for Jason Derek Brown". AMW.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-06-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ The Nation April 4, 2013 1:00 am (2013-04-04). "Tarit: Thailand is region's No 1 terror target – The Nation". Nationmultimedia.com. Retrieved 2013-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "Ravelo' FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert". FBI. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-05-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ "Alleged Hit man Changes Appearance, FBI Says". WIBW-TV. October 21, 2009. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ staff, Chicago Tribune. "10 Most Wanted suspect in teen's killing, burning is caught in Mexico: FBI".
  23. ^ "Van Wisse's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert". FBI. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  24. ^ Bien, Calily. "1983 Austin murder suspect added to FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list". KXAN. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  25. ^ Villalpando, Roberto; Hall, Katie (January 26, 2017). "Fugitive in 1983 Austin cold case surrenders to authorities". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  26. ^ "Gomez's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert". FBI. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  27. ^ Crimesider Staff (April 12, 2017). "Fugitive suspect in MS-13 slaying added to FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list". CBS News. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  28. ^ "Walter Yovany Gomez - Captured". www.fbi.gov.
  29. ^ "Tips from Public Lead to Arrest of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Walter Yovany Gomez". www.fbi.gov. August 12, 2017.
  30. ^ "Patel's FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Alert". FBI. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  31. ^ Bui, Lynh (April 18, 2017). "Latest on FBI's most wanted list: Man accused of killing wife in Md. doughnut shop". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 19, 2017.

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