FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 2020s

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 April 14, 2023, seven new fugitives have been added to the list.

FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitives to begin the 2020s
The modern header with blue border used by the FBI on top Ten Fugitive wanted posters since at least 2002, on both the FBI internet web site and in public presentations of the wanted posters.[1]

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#4752002 • Still at large but removed from the list.
 • Wanted for 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#4872007 • Still at large.
 • Wanted for kidnapping, raping and killing a 5-year-old girl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4]
Jason Derek Brown#4892007 • 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#5042014 • Captured.
 • Wanted for 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#5142017 • Still at large.
 • Wanted for the April 2015 murder of his wife at a Dunkin' Donuts shop in Hanover, Maryland.[10]
Santiago Villalba Mederos#5152017 • 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#5162017 • 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#5182018 • Captured.
 • Wanted for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of a Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in 1985. Additionally, he allegedly holds an active key leadership position directing the activities of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Caro-Quintero Drug Trafficking Organization within the region of Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico.[14]
 • Arrested on July 15, 2022, in Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico.[15]
Arnoldo Jimenez#5222019 • Still at large.
 • Wanted for allegedly murdering his wife less than 24 hours after marrying her.[16]
Eugene Palmer#5232019 • Still at large but removed from the list.
 • Wanted for allegedly killing his daughter-in-law outside her home in Stony Point, New York.[17]
 • He was removed from the list on July 20, 2022, for no longer meeting the list criteria.[6][18]

FBI Most Wanted Fugitives added during the 2020s

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 list includes (in FBI list appearance sequence order):[18]

2020–present
Name Sequence Number Date of Entry Time Listed
Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez #524 October 13, 2020 Two years
Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez was wanted for the stalking and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire of a 43-year-old male victim on May 22, 2013, in Southlake, Texas. He is also believed to be responsible for a number of murders in Mexico.[19] He was captured in Mexico City on January 7, 2023.[20][21]
Octaviano Juarez-Corro #525 September 8, 2021 Five months
Octaviano Juarez-Corro was wanted for the murders of two people in Milwaukee's South Shore Park on Memorial Day, 2006. His wife suffered two gunshot wounds in the chest, but she survived. Two others were injured, with one being hurt gravely.[22] He was captured in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, on February 3, 2022.[23][24]
Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias #526 November 3, 2021 Still at large
Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias is charged federally in the Southern District of New York with racketeering conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, and possession and conspiracy to possess machine guns. As the alleged leader of MS-13 for all of Honduras, Archaga Carias allegedly controlled MS-13 criminal activity in Honduras and provided support and resources to the MS-13 enterprise in Central America and the United States with firearms, narcotics, and cash. Archaga Carias is also allegedly responsible for supporting multi-ton loads of cocaine through Honduras to the United States and for ordering and participating in murders of rival gang members and others associated with MS-13.[25]
Ruja Ignatova #527 June 30, 2022 Still at large
Ruja Ignatova is wanted for her alleged leadership of a massive fraud scheme.[26]
Omar Alexander Cardenas #528 July 20, 2022 Still at large
Omar Alexander Cardenas is wanted for his alleged involvement in the murder of a man outside a barbershop in Los Angeles, California, in the summer of 2019.[27]
Michael James Pratt #529 September 7, 2022 Three months
Michael James Pratt was wanted for his alleged involvement in sex trafficking and the production of child pornography.[28] He was captured in Madrid, Spain, on December 21, 2022.[29]
Wilver Villegas-Palomino #530 April 14, 2023 Still at large
Wilver Villegas-Palomino is wanted for drug-trafficking activities for the National Liberation Army (ELN) Northeastern War Front in the Catatumbo region of Colombia and in Venezuela.[30]

FBI directors in the 2020s

References
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  26. "Ruja Ignatova Added to FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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