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This is the podcast where the most dangerous stories don't fade with time.
Today's episode dives into the FBI's top 10 most wanted fugitives, a list reserved for individuals whose crimes are as serious as their ability to disappear.
We're breaking down the cases that landed them there, the trail of violence, deception, and unanswered questions left behind, and the ongoing manhunt that keeps law enforcement and the public on edge.
These aren't cold cases or distant history.
They're active, evolving stories, and the people at the center of them are still out there.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, this is going on year four of the podcast as of, well, tomorrow, because today's 18th, so the 19th was the very beginning, four years ago.
It's insane to me.
There's been a lot of ups and downs and changes throughout these last three years.
But, you know, the podcast is going strong.
And our numbers are bigger than Joe Rogan's, yet.
We're muffled down in the drenches.
The trenches, man.
We are just shadow banned.
We are silenced.
We are routinely attacked by certain figures out there.
Oh, and by the way, I am again suspended from the Twitcher land because, well, I said, go fuck yourself to Christy Gnome.
And I stand by those words.
Okay, without wasting any more of your time, ladies and gentlemen, let's just jump into this, okay?
At number one, we have Badresh Kumar Shetanbhai Patel.
Now, if there's a relationship with Kash Patel, I'm sure there is.
That has nothing to do with this case, as far as I'm aware.
It might be brothers, who knows?
Anyway, Badresh Kumar Shetunbhai Patel was born on May 15th, 1990, and is an Indian fugitive sought for the murder of his wife, Palek Patel, at a Dunkin' Donuts establishment in Hanover, Maryland, in the United States, on April 12th, 2015.
He was last observed at Newark Penn Station in Newark, New Jersey, the day following the murder.
On April 18th, 2017, he was included in the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
Bradresh Kumar is the 514th individual to be added to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
Badresh Kumar Shetinbhai Patel was born on May 15th, 1990 in Virangam, Gujarat, India.
In November 2013, he entered into matrimony with Palek Patel and the pair traveled to the United States to visit relatives in September of 2014.
At that time, Badresh Kumar was 24 years old, whereas Palek was 21.
On the evening of April 12th, 2015, Badresh Kumar and Palak were engaged in a night shift at Dunkin' Donuts situated on Ervindel Mills Boulevard in Hanover, Maryland.
The establishment was owned by a relative of Badrash Kumar, whom the couple was visiting.
Surveillance footage captured Badrash Kumar and Palek walking together in the kitchen at approximately 9.30 p.m. before they vanished from sight behind some racks.
Shortly thereafter, Badrash Kumar reappeared without his wife, switched off an oven, and exited the store.
The remains of 21-year-old Pelek Patel were discovered later that night.
She had been brutally beaten to death by obviously her husband Badrash Kumar and suffered multiple stab wounds inflicted with a large kitchen knife.
Investigators suspect that the couple had a dispute with Pelek expressing a desire to return to India while Barash Kumar preferred to stay in the US.
Customers arriving at the Dunkin' Donuts location expressed their concerns when no staff members appeared to assist them.
A police officer who was in proximity to the establishment was approached by those who were worried, these customers, and proceeded to investigate the situation.
Upon examining the premises, the officer discovered the body of Palek, and subsequently, the police reviewed the surveillance footage and identified Badrash Kumar as the perpetrator, who had already fled the scene.
It was not until more than an hour after the murder that Badrash Kumar was recognized as the suspect, the official suspect, which afforded him the opportunity to escape.
According to the authorities, following Pelek's murder, Badrash Kumar exited the store and made his way back to his nearby apartment on foot.
He collected some personal belongings before hailing a cab to a hotel situated close to Newark Liberty International Airport.
The taxi driver noted that Badrash Kumar remained remarkably composed throughout the ride.
Upon arrival, he checked into a hotel in Newark and was captured on surveillance footage at the front desk where he paid for a room in cash, cold, hard cash.
And early the next morning, he checked out of that hotel.
Barash Kumar was last observed on the morning of April 13th, 2015 at approximately 10 a.m. at Newark Penn Station in New Jersey.
He utilized a hotel shuttle to reach the station and has not been seen since.
Authorities suspect that Barash Kumar may have escaped the country or could be concealing himself with relatives still in the United States.
He possessed a visa to reside in the U.S., but it had lapsed by the time he committed that murder.
A report indicated that, as a result, there was no evidence suggesting he could have legally exited the country.
An inquiry involving Pelek's family regarding the murder disclosed that her final conversation with them revolved around her desire to return to India.
This call occurred just moments before Pulek was murdered by her husband, and he obviously overheard it.
Law enforcement believes that Barash Kumar subsequently engaged in an argument with his wife and killed her for this reason.
Which is insane.
It's just fucked up.
Badash Kumar has ties in Canada and India, as well as in the United States, specifically the states of New Jersey, Kentucky, Georgia, and Illinois.
He is deemed armed and exceedingly dangerous.
And a reward of up to $250,000 is offered for information leading to his location and arrest.
This surveillance video shows newlyweds Badruj Kumar and Palakh Patel for the last time as husband and wife.
The newlyweds move from their native country of India to begin their marriage in the United States, eventually settling in Hanover, Maryland, where they each took jobs at a donut shop.
On April 12th, 2015, the couple was working side by side on the night shift.
Palak was on the phone telling a family member that she wanted to go home to India.
The pair's visas had expired.
With family still on the line, Palak and Badrash Kumar walked to a back room where Badrushkumar stabbed his wife over and over again.
Anarundo County Police Detective Kelly Harding.
Palak was young.
This scene was very brutal, and she died in a horrible way.
That's the kind of person that we're dealing with.
That he could murder his wife and then the next minute just calmly walk away.
Patel walked to his nearby apartment where he changed clothes and grabbed cash and his passport.
He then took a taxi to a hotel near Newark Liberty International Airport.
FBI Special Agent Jonathan Schaefer.
So then he checks into that hotel possibly 3 a.m.
And then around 10 a.m. that morning, he checks out of the hotel, gets in the hotel shuttle, where the driver says that he drove him to Newark Penn Station.
At that point, he loses track of where he goes.
Investigators hope adding Badrush Kumar Patel to the FBI's popular 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list will bring in the tip needed to track him down.
I'm certain that with the public's help, that we will finally bring him back.
An up to $100,000 reward is available for information leading to Patel's arrest.
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Patel has ties to Kentucky, New Jersey, Maryland, Georgia, Illinois, and Canada.
Report tips to 1-800-CALLFBI or tips.fbi.gov.
With wanted by the FBI, I'm Molly Halpern of the Bureau.
At number two, we have Alejandro Castillo.
Alejandro Rosales Castillo, born on November 26, 1998, is an American fugitive who was included in the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list on October 24th, 2017.
He was sought for the murder of Truck Juan Sandy Laile, which occurred in August of 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He was apprehended on January 16, 2026.
Castillo became the 516th fugitive to be listed on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
The FBI had announced a reward of up to $250,000 for information that would lead to his capture.
Castillo was born in Arizona and is fluent in both English and Spanish.
In 2016, at the age of 17, Castillo was employed at a Showmars restaurant located in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he worked alongside 23-year-old Trukwan Laile.
The two were reported to have had a brief romantic relationship, during which Lei lent Castillo some money that he failed to repay.
Another colleague of theirs was 19-year-old Amia Feister, who became Castillo's new girlfriend following his breakup with Lei.
On August 9th, 2016, Castillo sent a text to Lei indicating his intention to repay the money she had lent him previously.
Lei consented to meet Castillo at a quick trip situated on Eastway Drive in Charlotte.
That afternoon, Feaser picked up Castillo in her Red Dodge caliber and transported him to the meeting location.
Lei was last seen alive at the quick trip where she had arranged to meet Castillo.
It is suspected that instead of repaying her, Castillo compelled Lei to withdraw all the funds from her bank account, potentially under the threat of violence with a firearm.
According to Leigh's uncle, her bank accounts revealed that she withdrew $1,000 from an ATM.
Following this transaction, her bank account was depleted.
Investigators suspect that Castillo subsequently drove Lei to a wooded area in Cabarras County, where he shot her once in the head, resulting in her death.
Her body was later discarded in a ravine, and Castillo and Feister then escaped in Lei's black four-door 2003 Toyota Corolla.
Following the homicide, Castillo and Fieser traveled from North Carolina to Phoenix, Arizona.
They left Leigh's vehicle at a bus shelter in Phoenix, where it was later discovered abandoned on August 15th.
Afterward, Castillo and Fieser proceeded to Nogales, Arizona, where they illegally crossed into Mexico.
Surveillance cameras recorded footage of Castillo as he crossed the border into Mexico, and he has not been sighted since that time until his apprehension, just two days ago.
Investigators suspect that Castillo was concealing himself in Mexico, potentially in the municipalities of San Francisco, de los Romo, or Viberon de Artiega, within the state of Aguascalevientes.
Additionally, he may have sought refuge in the states of Guanajuato or Veracruz.
Regardless, he's caught, so it doesn't fucking matter.
Lei was reported missing the day following her murder, while Castillo and Feister were reported missing on August 11th and 12th, respectively.
Feaser's Dodge Caliber was later discovered abandoned on August 13th in an area of Doolan Creek Boulevard in Charlotte.
Later that same day, Fieser and Castillo allegedly contacted their families to inform them that they were safe, although they were uncertain of their location.
Following these phone calls, both families suspected that the duo was being held against their will and compelled to make the calls.
On August 17th, 2016, Lei's body was located in that wooded area of Cabaret County, where she had suffered that single gunshot wound to the head.
Investigators believe that the motive behind her murder was primarily robbery, and later on, on November 2nd, 2016, Castillo was charged with first-degree murder.
He faced an additional charge of unlawful flight to evade prosecution on February 10th, 2017.
And on October 20th, 2016, Feister voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement in Aguas Carientes, Mexico.
She reached out to her mother, who collaborated with U.S. authorities to facilitate her retrieval at an airport.
On October 22nd, Feister was extradited to the United States and arrested by the Harris County Sheriff's Office near Houston, Texas.
She was charged with being an accessory after the fact to felony murder and larceny of a motor vehicle.
Her bail was established at $25,000 for the vehicle larceny charge and $100,000 for the accessory charge.
That's like unbelievably low.
It's unreal.
Ultimately, she was transferred to Mecklenburg County Jail, where she posted bail and was released on January 18th, 2017.
Feester stated that both she and Castillo had been residing with Castillo's cousins in Aguas Carientes.
During their two-month stay, Castillo vanished once more, and Castillo was highlighted in the February 26, 2024 episode of America's Most Wanted.
Castillo was captured on January 16th, 2026, in Pachuca, Mexico.
And tonight, a major break in a case that haunted the Charlotte community for nearly a decade.
One of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives, Alejandro Castillo, has been captured in Mexico.
He's charged in the 2016 murder of 23-year-old Sandy Lee.
WCNC Charlotte's Anna King looks back at the disappearance that sparked a manhunt.
It all started with frantic phone calls and families desperately searching for answers.
I call with families where you can talk to see if they might be able to locate me.
The sudden disappearance of Sandy Lylee, Alejandro Castillo and a Mia Feaster quickly turned into a manhunt.
At the time, 17-year-old Castillo was dating 19-year-old Amia Feaster.
Sandy La Lee was Castillo's ex-girlfriend.
Officials say the last time anyone saw Feaster, she was leaving to pick up Castillo, and Sandy was meeting them both.
Not long after, all three disappeared.
Police later located Sandy Lylee's car in Phoenix, Arizona, thousands of miles away, leading them to believe Castillo and Feaster have fled to Mexico.
Now, nearly 10 years later, law enforcement confirms Castillo has been captured in Mexico.
Castillo had been on the FBI's 10 most wanted lists since 2017 and is now waiting to be extradited to North Carolina.
In a tweet, CNPD shared this arrest is the result of years of persistence and international cooperation, adding they hope this can finally bring answers to Sandy La Lee's loved ones in Charlotte, Anna King, WCSC, Charlotte.
And at number three, we have Yulan Adone Archaga Carais.
Yulan was born on February 13th, 1982, and is a fugitive from Honduras.
Archega Caraeus: 5 Million Reward00:05:08
He's also a drug lord and a suspected leader of the MS-13 gang in Honduras.
He was added to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list on November 3rd, 2021.
Archega Caraes is wanted for various offenses, including racketeering, narcotics trafficking, and firearms violations.
Allegedly, he oversees MS-13 operations throughout Honduras and is thought to supply firearms, narcotics, and cash to gang members active in the United States.
Furthermore, he is believed to have ordered the killings of rival gang members, and authorities suspect he remains in Honduras.
In 2021, Archega Caraeus became the 526th individual to be included on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, succeeding American fugitive Robert William Fisher, who was removed for no longer fulfilling the criteria for inclusion.
The FBI has announced a reward of up to $100,000 for information that leads to his capture.
Additionally, he is listed on the ICE Most Wanted list as well.
On February 8th, 2023, the United States federal government intensified its efforts to apprehend Archega Caraeus, and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, part of the United States Department of State, announced a reward of 5 million US dollars through its narcotics rewards program.
In 2015, Archega Caraeus was apprehended and subsequently incarcerated in Honduras after being found guilty of money laundering and forming illicit associations.
Wow.
Forming illicit associations.
On February 13th, 2020, he was released from prison to participate in a court hearing located in El Progreso, approximately 28 kilometers from San Pedro Sula.
Unlike the usual practice of air transport, he was conveyed by van, and notably, he was accompanied by very few security personnel.
Furthermore, the military police were not informed in advance, which is a standard procedure for the movement of a high-profile inmate.
Upon his arrival at the courthouse in El Progreso, a group affiliated with MS-13 stormed in and facilitated his escape amidst a barrage of gunfire.
Surveillance footage captured two distinct groups of individuals clad in military police attire arriving at the location.
The first group was escorting a man in handcuffs, serving as a decoy, while the second group was accompanying an individual wearing a black tunic, typically employed to conceal the identity of witnesses or victims.
In this instance, it was utilized to conceal firearms and ammunition.
In 2021, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York charged Archega Caraeas with offenses pertaining to racketeering, narcotics trafficking, and firearm usage.
On February 8th of 2023, the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs declared a reward of 5 million U.S. dollars for any information that could result in the arrest and conviction of Archega Caraeus.
With President Trump's recent designation of criminal gang MS-13 as a foreign terrorist organization, the U.S. Department of State is re-announcing a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and or conviction of Yulan Arunai Archaga Carias.
Archaga Carrias, also known as Porky, is a pig who can't control his most sinister impulses.
He is a leading cause of the cocaine-fueled violence and mayhem that have devastated his home country of Honduras for years.
Porky has funneled cocaine from South America to Mexico and onward to the United States.
Not only is Porky the highest-ranking Honduran member of MS-13, he also now has the distinction of being a terrorist.
He has been on the run for five years after his comrades helped him escape from a courthouse in a deadly shootout.
Two Honduran law enforcement officers and two members of the Honduran military were assassinated in the violence that day.
May they rest in peace.
President Trump has been very clear.
We will not allow criminal groups and their members like Porky to threaten Americans.
We will work with our international partners to find these criminals wherever they may be hiding.
There are many good reasons why Porky should face justice, but today with this announcement, there are 5 million more.
If you have information that can assist U.S. authorities in locating and apprehending Archaga Carias, aka Porky, please contact the FBI by email at archagacadias underscore tips at fbi.gov or via text or whatsapp at 1-832-267-1688.
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Your information will be kept confidential.
Thank you.
And at number four, we have Ruha Ignatova.
Ruha Plemanova Ignatova, born on May 30th, 1980, and who disappeared on October 25th, 2017, is also referred to by the moniker Crypto Queen.
She is a Bulgarian, German entrepreneur and con artist, recognized primarily as one of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives and as the originator of the fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme OneCoin, which The Times characterized as, quote, one of the biggest scams in history, end quote.
Ignatova was featured in the 2019 BBC podcast series The Missing Crypto Queen and the 2022 book of the same title.
On October 25th, 2017, Ignatova boarded a Ryanair flight to Athens and has not been seen since.
Following her disappearance, she has been widely presumed to be evading capture from various international law enforcement agencies.
The FBI has offered a reward of up to $5 million for any information that could lead to her arrest.
On March 7th, 2019, an indictment was made public in which the United States charged Ignatova with wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering.
In June of 2022, the FBI included Ignatova on its 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
Additionally, an Interpol warrant was issued for Ignatova by German authorities.
Reports from 2023 and 2024 have indicated that Ignatova may have been murdered in 2018 under the orders of Bulgarian organized crime figure Taki Ristaforos Nikos Amanatidas, who is believed to have initially provided her with shelter.
In 2012, she was found guilty of fraud in Germany related to her father, Plamen Ignatova's purchase of a company that was subsequently declared bankrupt under questionable circumstances.
In that, she received a suspended sentence of 14 months in prison.
In 2013, she became involved in a multi-level marketing fraud known as Big Coin.
Just sounds suspect right off the bat.
In 2014, she established a pyramid scheme named OneCoin, drawing inspiration from Bitcoin's success and asserted that OneCoin was a more straightforward and safer option compared to the more established cryptocurrency.
She claimed that investors merely needed to transfer funds into a bank account to obtain OneCoin, and due to its pyramid scheme structure, the scam quickly gained popularity worldwide.
OneCoin was not a legitimate cryptocurrency, and her assertions regarding the coin's rising value were all false.
Affluent investors lost millions of dollars, and individuals in Uganda lost their homes.
But the majority of the investments originated from China, although contributions were also made from countries including Brazil, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Norway, Canada, Yemen, and Palestine.
On October 25th, 2017, Ignatova was meant to address a gathering of OneCoin investors in Lisbon, but instead she opted to fly from Sofia, Bulgaria to Athens via Ryanair.
In so doing, she vanished after possibly receiving a warning regarding escalating police scrutiny of OneCoin.
In 2019, her brother, Konstantin Ignatova, admitted guilt to charges of fraud and money laundering related to the operation.
Man, this whole family is just corrupt.
So corrupt.
As reported by Bulgaria's Bureau of Investigative Reporting and Data, or BIRD, an independent journalistic entity, it was alleged that a Bulgarian organized crime leader, Krasmir Kamenov, intended to aid a United States inquiry into Ignatova's disappearance, but was murdered prior to being able to assist American authorities.
So strange, isn't it?
In 2022, prosecutors in Darmstadt, Germany, confirmed an investigation into a lawyer from New Eisenberg for potential money laundering, specifically the transfer of 7.69 million euros by Ignatova into one of her personal accounts in 2016.
In January of 2022, law enforcement conducted searches of residences and offices in Weilberg, Baden-Baden, Frankfurt am Main, Bad Homburg, New Eisenberg, and Beihingen.
Afterwards, the North Rhine-Westphalia Police and the German Federal Criminal Police Office declared that Ignatova is wanted on fraud charges.
The Federal Criminal Police Office announced a £5,000 reward for information leading to her arrest.
An Interpol Red Notice was issued thereafter.
This notice was reciprocated by Europol, which added Ignatova to its most wanted list.
However, Deutsch Well reports that a Europol listing was removed under circumstances that remain unclear.
Hmm.
Very interesting.
The FBI would then include Ignatova on its 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, taking the place of Octaviano Joraz-Koro, and made this announcement during a joint press conference with the IRS, Criminal Investigation, and the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
As of May 2022, a reward of up to $250,000 was offered for information that could lead to Ignatova's capture.
This amount was raised to $5 million in June of 2024.
In August of 2024, a court in the United Kingdom mandated a global freeze on assets belonging to Ignatova and her associates involved with OneCoin.
In a 2022 interview, FBI Special Agent Paul Roberts indicated that the investigation into Ignatova was proceeding with the belief that she is still alive, stating that the agency had no information to dispute this assumption.
However, a report published in 2023 by the Bulgarian Investigative Journalism Outlet, Bureau of Investigative Reporting and Data, BIRD, referenced police documents indicating that a police informant had overheard Georgi Vasilev, the brother-in-law of the Bulgarian drug lord known as Taki, claim, while intoxicated, that Ignatova was killed in November of 2018 on Taki's order.
The individual accused of the murder, Bristo Kristov, who was also from Bulgaria, is currently serving a prison sentence in the Netherlands for drug trafficking.
The report alleges that Ignatova was murdered on a yacht in the Ionian Sea, with her remains dismembered and disposed of in the water.
The purported motive behind the murder was to hide Taki's connection to the OneCoin fraud.
Developments in the case of crypto queen Ruja Ignatova have yet again taken an interesting turn.
Despite reports of her death, the story of the self-styled crypto queen seems far from over.
The US is now offering a $5 million reward for information about OneCoin founder who vanished in Athens in 2017 after her crypto scam fell apart.
The US Department of State and the FBI have not given a reason for the reward increase.
However, the mystery of her disappearance grows.
Law enforcement is steadily increasing the bounty's size.
Now for those unfamiliar, Ignatova is a Bulgarian-born German entrepreneur who is on the FBI's top 10 most wanted list.
Why?
Well that's for her alleged role in a crypto scam known as OneCoin.
The story of Ignatova's rise and fall began in 2014 with the launch of OneCoin, which was a so-called cryptocurrency marketed as the next Bitcoin.
In reality, it was a massive Ponzi scheme that used the hype around Bitcoin to trick investors.
In 2017, the OneCoin scheme collapsed after robbing investors of $4 billion.
After that, Ignatova went into hiding and warrant was issued for her arrest.
Additionally, in 2018, the US Department of Justice charged Ignatova with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and securities fraud.
Following that, in 2022, the European Union's Europol added Ignatova to its most wanted list as well, offering a $5,000 reward.
The search for Ignatova hit a major hurdle in February of 2023.
Bulgarian investors said the alleged fraudster was murdered in 2018 on the orders of a drug lord.
However, speculators have called the possibility of Ignatova's murder a good theory and allege that she could be faking her death to avoid capture.
While Ignatova remains on the run, other members of OneCoin scam have been apprehended by law enforcement.
These include OneCoin co-founder Carl Sebastian Greenwood and former head of legal and compliance Irina Dilkinska.
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At number five, we have Omar Alexander Cardenas.
Omar Alexander Cardenas, born March 23rd, 1995, is an American fugitive and alleged member of the Pierce Street gang based in Los Angeles.
He was added to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives list on July 20th, 2022.
Cardenas is sought for the murder of 46-year-old Jabali Dumas and for fleeing unlawfully to evade prosecution.
Authorities suspect that he may have escaped to Mexico to avoid apprehension.
Cardanas is the 528th individual to be included on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, taking the place of Eugene Palmer, who was removed from the list without being captured.
Typically, the people that are removed from the list are still sought, just not to a higher degree.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $250,000 for any information that leads to his arrest.
In regards to why he is wanted, on August 15th, 2019, Cardenas is alleged to have shot and killed Jabali Dumas, a 46-year-old individual, outside the hair icon barbershop located in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles, California.
LAPD Chief Michael Moore reported that Cardenas discharged nine rounds at Dumas from a distance of approximately 30 feet, hitting him in the head at least once.
The victim succumbed to his injuries at the scene, and Cardenas was observed fleeing the location in his vehicle.
It remains uncertain whether the suspect and the victim had any prior involvement with each other before the incident, and Cardenas faced murder charges in April of 2020.
In September 2021, Cardenas faced charges for unlawful flight to evade prosecution.
The FBI has indicated that Cardenas might have escaped to Mexico, or he could be residing in Southern California, where he has relatives and acquaintances.
Furthermore, the FBI has suggested that he may be employed in the construction industry.
Omar Cardenas, a suspect in a 2019 murder in Sylmar, has been added to the FBI's most wanted list.
Regarding his whereabouts, it's unknown at this point and the trail has gone cold.
Our efforts with the family and associates have not produced positive results, and we are worried that he has relatives in Mexico that he could have fled to, which makes this an international case.
Police say Cardenas is a member of the Pierce Street gang.
He's suspected of firing several shots from a semi-automatic handgun at a barbershop, hitting a man in the head and killing him.
Cardenas is around 5'6, 240 to 300 pounds, with dark hair and brown eyes.
He also wears thick prescription glasses.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the FBI.
You can also find links on our website, foxala.com.
And at number six, we have Wilver Velegas Palomino.
Wilver Velegas Palomino, born on October 21st, 1981, is a Colombian fugitive recognized as a high-ranking member of the National Liberation Army and is among those featured on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives list.
Palomino was recognized as a prominent figure within the NLA in Colombia.
He was also implicated in the trafficking of cocaine into the United States, an act that the United States classified as narco-terrorism due to his financial support of a terrorist organization through the sale of illegal substances.
On February 12th of 2020, Palomino faced indictment on charges of narcoterrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, and international cocaine distribution by the Southern District of Texas.
You know what really bugs me about that ship is the United States government has been caught running cocaine for decades.
Nothing ever happens to them.
Really pisses me off.
I mean, they're the ones that are probably behind this whole fucking thing with Palomino anyway.
On September 21st, 2020, the United States government announced a reward of $5 million for any information that could lead to his capture.
On April 14th, 2023, Palomino was included in the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, taking the place of Rafael Carol Quintero.
The FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list now includes a man with ties to Houston.
The director of the FBI came here today to share more on the narco-terrorism suspect, Jason Miles, live with more on this wanted man.
Jason.
Hey there, guys.
Yeah, this man is said to be part of a group known for so-called narco-terrorism when drug trafficking money is also used for things like kidnappings and murder.
During his first ever news conference with Houston media.
And today, I'm announcing that we're adding a fugitive the Houston office has nominated to the top 10 most wanted list.
FBI Director Christopher Wray discussed this fugitive, 41-year-old Wilver Vallegas Palomino, aka El Puerto, or the pig.
Palomino works for the narco-terrorist group ELN in Colombia.
The feds say ELN as a whole controls more than 80% of the cocaine that flows into the United States, much of it across the Texas border with Mexico, coordinated by Palomino.
He's also involved in kidnapping, money laundering, weapons trafficking, and even ordering assassinations.
The FBI's Houston office helped build a case against Palomino and four co-defendants, based on, among other things, criminal activity here directly tied to him.
What ELN does, which is trafficking narcotics into violence, bleeds over into Houston.
I am told possible leads on Palomino's current whereabouts could come from near or far, and up to $5 million is being offered for information leading to his arrest and or conviction.
Whether it be here in the Houston area or in the United States or down in Colombia, they see him every day.
The FBI says getting Palomino into custody would have an impact on a major international criminal enterprise.
And Director Wright today about how the feds are helping to fight violent crime in general here in Houston, mainly through the Texas Anti-Gang or TAG Center, which is a collaboration between federal, state, and local agencies.
Reporting live tonight, Jason Miles, KHOU11 News.
At number seven, we have Fausto Isidro Meso Flores.
Fausto Isidro Mesa Flores, born June 19th, 1982, commonly referred to as El Chapo Isidro, is a Mexican drug lord, a gangster, and the leader of Los Mezatlecos.
He holds a significant position within the Belchan Levia cartel and served as the right-hand associate of Alfredo Belchran Leva prior to his imprisonment in the United States.
On February 4th, 2025, he was included in the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list.
Mesa Flores, who is infamously recognized in the criminal underworld as El Chapo Esijo, initiated his criminal endeavors in the 1990s, initially serving the Juarez cartel under the guidance of the then-leader, Amado Barrillo Puentes.
Following the drug lord's demise due to complications from plastic surgery in 1997, Mesa Flores abandoned the organization alongside several other drug traffickers and opted to align himself with the Belchran Leyva Cartel.
As a member of the Belchran Leva brothers, he demonstrated himself to be a proficient hitman, exhibiting audacity, cleverness, and boldness.
When the leader, Arturo Belchran Levo, was shot and killed by the Mexican military in December of 2009, numerous individuals within the cartel defected to establish an independent criminal organization with Edgar Valdez Velarial, who is known as La Barbie.
However, Mesa Flores chose to remain loyal to the Belchranleva brothers and may have even formed an alliance with Vicente Corrillo Puentes.
A violent confrontation would occur between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel supported by Gente Nueva and the Belchan Leva Cartel, which received assistance from Los Cetas and Los Mazatlecos, specifically the man working with Mesa Flores.
This clash resulted in approximately 30 fatalities in the town of Tubutama, Sonora, located in northern Mexico, on July 1st, 2010.
The drug trafficking organizations engaged in this conflict just a few miles from the international border with the U.S. state of Arizona, an area infamous for its role as a smuggling corridor for both narcotics and human trafficking.
It has been reported that Mesa Flores, along with a drug trafficker named Arnaldo del Cid Buenla, who is infamously referred to in criminal circles as El Guillo, executed a surprise ambush against the gunmen affiliated with the Sinaloa cartel.
At the location of the incident, authorities discovered 11 modern vehicles riddled with bullet holes, in addition to numerous assault rifles.
Notably, some of these vehicles displayed an X painted on their window, a tactic frequently employed by Mexican drug trafficking organizations to differentiate their vehicles from those belonging to rival cartels during armed conflicts.
His gang, Los Mazatlecos, operates in the regions of Guasave, Los Mochis, and Mazatlan, located in Sinaloa and Nayarit, and has been engaged in the smuggling of significant amounts of methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana, and cocaine since the year 2000.
He serves as one of the primary leaders of the Belchran Leva Cartel in Mazatlan and the mountainous regions of Sinaloa State.
Since 2010, he has emerged as a leading adversary of the Sinaloa Cartel.
The conflict between these two drug trafficking organizations has resulted in a surge of kidnappings and executions throughout Sinaloa.
On April 28, 2010, Mesa Flores narrowly escaped capture by Mexican law enforcement in the mountainous area of Choi, Sinloa.
This operation, however, resulted in the deaths of two soldiers and 12 of his gunmen, including his close aide Omar Alfonso Rubio, Elias El Chonte.
On December 12, 2013, one of Mesa Flores' senior lieutenants, Ignacio Nacho Gonzalez, was apprehended in Guasa, Sinaloa by the Mexican army.
Mesa Flores is sought by the United States government due to allegations of drug trafficking.
The U.S. Department of State's Narcotics Rewards Program is presently offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that leads to his apprehension.
His last known location was in the state of Nuevo, León, where he was allegedly spotted with several family members at a youth basketball game in San Pedro, Garza, Garcia on January 19th, 2013.
On February 4th, 2025, he was included in the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list as the 533rd fugitive to be added to the list, taking the place of Donald Eugene Fields II, who was wanted for charges related to child sex trafficking.
On February 4th, 2025, FBI Acting Director Brian Driscoll announced the addition of Faustol Isidro Mesa Flores to the Bureau's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
Known as El Chapo Isidro, he's accused of spending the last 20 years flooding the United States with fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and other deadly drugs.
First, as an independent drug trafficker, and later, as the head of the Mesa Flores cartel.
The U.S. State Department's Narcotics Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that leads to Mesa Flores' arrest and or conviction.
Tune in to this episode to learn more about Mesa Flores and how you can help us catch this fugitive.
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Fausto Isidro Mesa Flores is the alleged leader of the Mesa Flores Transnational Criminal Organization, which is based in Sinaloa, Mexico.
The organization predominantly controls drug production, transportation, and distribution in several locations throughout Mexico and is allegedly responsible for possessing, distributing, and importing large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, methathanamine, and marijuana into the U.S.
In addition to the scourge of illicit drugs Mesa Flores and his organization have unleashed into the United States from across our southern border, they're also accused of heinous crimes ranging from kidnapping and extortion to torture and murder.
Mesa Flores was originally indicted on May 2nd, 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
On November 26, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Mesa Flores with drug trafficking violations and possession of a firearm.
Mesa Flores is 42 years old and has dark brown hair and brown eyes.
He is 5'6 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds.
He also goes by the nicknames Chapo Isidro and Chapito Isidro.
Mesa Flores likely resides in Mexico.
He's considered armed and dangerous and is an international flight risk.
The U.S. government is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest and conviction.
And we encourage anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact the FBI and help us add Mesa Flores to the list of dangerous fugitives we've brought to justice together.
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At number eight, we have Ryan Wedding, a name most of you have probably heard by now.
Ryan James Wedding, born September 14th, 1981, is a Canadian purported drug lord and former Olympic snowboarder.
Following the Olympics, it is claimed that he became a transnational drug trafficker and was involved in orchestrating the murders of several witnesses.
On March 6th, 2025, he was placed on the FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
Wedding is alleged to operate one of the largest drug trafficking networks globally and is thought to be the leading distributor of cocaine in Canada.
FBI Director Kash Patel has likened Wedding to prominent drug lords such as Pablo Escobar and Joaquin El Chapo-Uzman.
Which is ridiculous.
Following the conclusion of the 2002 Winter Olympics, Wedding returned to Vancouver and enrolled at Simon Fraser University.
He cultivated an interest in bodybuilding and took on a job as a bouncer.
After two years of university education, he withdrew and started to invest in real estate, which he funded by cultivating marijuana in a 6,800-plant warehouse located on a suburban property known as 18 Carrot Farms.
In 2006, the RCMP conducted a raid on the farm, discovering a shotgun, some ammunition, and cannabis valued at $10 million.
At the time of the raid, Wedding was not present on the premises, and there was insufficient evidence to bring charges against him.
Insufficient evidence.
He broadened his operations by collaborating with Iranian and Russian cocaine traffickers.
In 2010, he faced conviction for attempting to purchase cocaine from a U.S. government agent in 2008, resulting in a four-year prison sentence.
While serving his sentence in 2011, Wedding married a woman of Iranian descent, and they have since divorced.
Reports indicate that Wedding is currently in a relationship with a Colombian woman who was alleged to have accepted funds from him, aware that they originated from drug trafficking activities.
He was released from prison in 2011, and around that period, he purportedly initiated his criminal enterprise.
On October 17th, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Wedding with leading a transnational organized crime group involved in cocaine trafficking and murder, including the killing of innocent civilians.
He faces multiple felony charges, which include drug trafficking, leading a criminal organization, three accounts of murder, and one count of attempted murder.
Currently, he is a fugitive.
As we all know, he's been on the news.
FBI Director Kash Patel has talked about him ad nauseam.
Wedding was among 16 individuals charged as part of Operation Giant Slalom, a collaborative investigation conducted by various federal agencies.
The murders he is alleged to have orchestrated include those of married couple Jagtar Sudhu, age 57, and Harbajan Sudhou, age 55, as well as Mohamed Zafar, age 39.
The Sudhus were murdered in November of 2023, while Zafar was killed in May 2024.
It is believed that Wedding ordered those murders in conjunction with Andrew Clark, who has also been charged with the murder of Randy Fader, age 29, in April of 2024.
According to officials, following his release, Wedding escaped to Mexico and ascended to a prominent position within the Sinaloa Cartel, the largest drug cartel in Mexico, where he is referred to by the aliases El Jefe, Giant, Republic Enemy.
And I'll say this, if he remains part of a cartel, specifically Sinaloa Cartel, there's a great chance you'll be seeing a video of him being murdered, tortured and murdered.
I mean, this dude's white.
He's Canadian.
And he's working in a Sinaloa cartel.
Come on now.
The purported second in command of Wedding's trafficking operations was apprehended in Mexico in October of 2024.
Wedding faces accusations of having orchestrated the assassination of a federal witness in Medellin, Colombia, in January of 2025.
On March 6th, 2025, Wedding was included in the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, taking the place of Alexis Flores.
Initially, the FBI offered a reward of up to $10 million for his capture, which was raised to $15 million in November of 2025 after Wedding was charged with witness intimidation, murder, and money laundering.
In November of 2025, the FBI revealed the arrest of six additional defendants in the case, which included an attorney representing Wedding.
With former associates and rivals turning up dead and dozens of murders linked to Ryan Wedding, police warned the alleged drug lord still poses a threat, even while on the run, with a $15 million bounty on his head.
His network remains a threat for Canadian public safety.
In a Toronto court on Monday, a judge ordered a publication ban on the names of proposed shorties fearing for their lives.
Any family or friends offering to supervise alleged wedding accomplice Roland Sokolovsky, who's asking to be released on bail.
A former professional poker player, Sokolovsky is accused of acting as Wedding's bookkeeper and using cryptocurrency to launder drug money.
The judge writing Wedding's network has intimidated potential enemies by killing their associates and family members.
He is responsible for engineering a narco-trafficking and narco-terrorism program that we have not seen in a long time.
U.S. authorities say Wedding relies on a network of hitmen trained at this secret location to kill rivals, including this Montreal-born former drug trafficker turned FBI informant, shot dead in Colombia by a hit squad, all of them still unidentified.
According to this profile in Rolling Stone magazine, authorities are closing in on the Olympian-turned drug kingpin, seemingly somewhere in Mexico.
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Indicators are they know where he is and they're simply waiting for the right conditions to effectuate an arrest.
The RCMP insists it's only a matter of time before Wedding is captured.
A trial for his other associates was set to begin next month in California, but has now been rescheduled for November.
Authorities hope Wedding is in custody by then.
Thomas Dagg, CBC News, Toronto.
And number nine in this list is Giovanni Vicente Masquiera Serrano.
Giovanni Vicente Masquiera Serrano, born on February 22nd, 1988, is a Venezuelan individual purported to be a gang leader linked to Trende Aragua.
On June 24th, 2025, he was sanctioned by the United States government and included in the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, sought for drug trafficking and terrorism, taking the place of Francisco Javier Roman Bardales.
Masquiera Serrano was born in the San Vicente barrio of Marique.
Alongside Johan Jose Romero, known as Johan Potrica, he is purportedly one of the founders of Trende Aragua, which is led by the principal founder, Hector Rusenford Guerrero Flores, also referred to as Nino Guerrero.
Under the alias Giovanni San Vicente, Masquiero Serrano has been characterized as supervising narcotics trafficking and homicides associated with Trende Aragua throughout Central America, Colombia, and the United States.
Similar to Romero and Guerrero Flores, he has been sought for arrest by the authorities of Colombia and the United States since July of 2024.
Masquiero Serrano faces charges for providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and for the distribution of cocaine in Colombia, which was intended for distribution in the United States.
This is in conjunction with another alleged leader of Trende Aragua, Jose Enrique Martinez-Flores, who was apprehended in Colombia on March 31st, 2025.
On June 24th, 2025, Masquiero Serrano was sanctioned by the United States, indicted in the U.S. for drug trafficking, and a reward for $3 million was announced for information that could lead to his arrest.
There is a $3 million reward now on the table for any information leading to the arrest of a man the FBI says is second in command of the violent Venezuelan gang Train de Aragua.
The FBI just added Giovanni Masquera Serrano to its most wanted list.
KPRC2's TJ Parker is live outside FBI Houston's field office with how this suspect is connected to our area.
Good morning, TJ.
Good morning, Amy.
And yeah, that connection is exactly why FBI Houston agents held that press conference here at their field offices behind me here because they believe that someone here in the Houston area might know how to get to Serrano or might know exactly where he is.
Let's show you some pictures of him so you can get a better understanding of who he is.
The FBI says Serrano is second in command of Trende Aragua, a violent gang that organized in a Venezuelan prison.
Agents believe he is calling the shots for TDA's operations across the U.S., even though they're not sure he's ever set foot here.
He is facing federal charges out of the Southern District of Texas for international drug trafficking and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
Now, this is the first time a charge like this has been brought against a suspected TDA member since President Donald Trump designated the gang, a foreign terrorist organization earlier this year, Amy.
Yeah, really interesting.
So like you said, he's never even been to the U.S. Did they elaborate on how he's connected to crimes here in Houston?
Yeah, so it is interesting.
Agents believe that he is coordinating everything from South America, including gang activity that has been linked here to the Houston area.
So the FBI says Toronto may be tied to violent crimes, as I had mentioned, including murder, kidnapping, human trafficking, and extortion in Houston and beyond.
And while they don't believe he has ever been inside the U.S., they're certain his impact has been felt here.
We definitely see that there are connections between TDA members here and TDA folks overseas, which is what's part of this indictment and really the collaboration of this entire group here, which has been tracking TDA crimes and violence across the city of Houston with connections to this individual overseas.
All right, so Amy, the FBI is hoping that $3 million reward will really encourage somebody to come forward with any information that could lead them to Serano.
They say they're hoping that apps such as Telegram and WhatsApp will help them because they're really wanting to get information that could bring this guy back to the U.S. to face justice.
And the final person on this list, the final fugitive at number 10, is Cindy Rodriguez Singh.
Cindy Rodriguez Singh, born January 30th, 1985, is an American woman who has been indicted for the murder of her five-year-old son, Noel Rodriguez Alvarez.
On July 1st, 2025, she was placed on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List, sought for capital murder and unlawful flight.
Authorities have speculated that she might have fled to either India or Mexico.
Cindy Rodriguez Singh gave birth to Noel Angel Rodriguez-Alvarez on February 2nd, 2017.
Noel was born premature and faced numerous physical and developmental challenges such as visual impairment, a limp, speech delay, esotropia, and chronic lung disease necessitating ongoing medical treatment.
Now, how do they know he had a limp if he was just an infant?
He's definitely not walking.
Questions.
Reports indicate that Rodriguez Singh referred to her son as evil and possessed by a demon.
Allegations arose that she mistreated Rodriguez Alvarez by withholding food and water to avoid changing his diaper.
It was reported that she would strike her son with a set of keys if she found him drinking water.
This bitch is evil.
Holy shit.
In 2020, Rodriguez Singh received a 10-year probation sentence after being convicted of a repeat offense for driving under the influence following an incident where she crashed her vehicle into a pole while transporting two of her children.
She wasn't charged with child endangerment or anything.
That's pretty interesting.
And maybe she wasn't.
Between 2020 and December of 2021, three of her children, including Rodriguez Alvarez, were placed in a fostered home before being returned to Rodriguez Singh at a later date.
Meanwhile, three other children remained in the care of their grandparents.
By the fall of 2022, Rodriguez Alvarez had not been enrolled in mandatory schooling and had missed scheduled medical appointments since July of 2022.
During this period, his mother reportedly asked an acquaintance if she could borrow their child for a medical appointment.
Yeah, this bitch is evil.
According to law enforcement, Noel Rodriguez Alvarez had not been seen alive since November of 2022.
He was last observed in mid-October 2022 while he was at a hospital for the birth of his twin sisters, where he was described as, quote, appearing unhealthy and malnourished, end quote.
Between November 1st and 2nd, 2022, Rodriguez Singh applied for passports for her children, excluding Rodriguez Alvarez.
Her sisters reported that Rodriguez Singh was concerned that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services would remove her other children, a situation that had previously occurred due to her story of substance abuse.
Probably driving under the influence.
Shortly before her own disappearance, she informed her mother and brother that she had sold her son to another woman in the parking lot of a Fiesta Mart.
A welfare check was performed at the family residence in Everman, Texas on March 20th, 2023.
Rodriguez Singh misleadingly informed the police that her son was residing in Mexico with his father's relatives, who had been deported.
Two days later, on March 22nd, her husband, Arshdeep Singh, who was Noel's stepfather, embezzled $10,000 from his job, of which he deposited $8,000 into a bank.
On the same day, Rodriguez Singh, Arshdeep Singh, and six of their children traveled to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, where they boarded a flight to Istanbul, Turkey.
Authorities suspect that they may have continued their journey to India based on prior internet searches.
On March 25th, an amber alert was issued for Noel Alvarez-Rodriguez.
On March 30th, 2023, a felony warrant was issued for Cindy and Arshdeep Singh due to the abandonment and endangerment of a child.
On October 30th, Rodriguez Singh was indicted on charges of capital murder, two counts of injury to a child, and one count of abandonment without the intent to return.
Before the family's disappearance, Rodriguez Singh had arranged for the construction of a concrete patio.
Her husband also disposed of a carpet, which was later discovered to contain traces of human remains, that had previously furnished a shed that the couple later demolished.
Sniffer Dogs similarly detected human remains at the patio.
However, the demolition of the patio and an extensive search of the area surrounding the home did not yield a body.
According to investigations conducted by the Everman Police, Rodriguez Singh revered Santa Mueta as the patron saint that offers protection to the cartel in those kinds of activities.
According to Chief Spencer of the Everman Police, quote, it is ubiquitous within the shed.
It was prevalent throughout the home.
It was found on her vehicle.
Thus, it was quite clear to us that she was idolizing and venerating Santa Muete, end quote.
In May of 2023, a playground designed for children with severe disabilities in Everman's Clyde Pittman Park was named Noel Angel Alvarez Playground in honor of Noel Rodriguez Alvarez.
The Everman City Council altered his middle name from Rodriguez to Angel to dissociate this tribute from his mother, Cindy.
The new playground represents an extension of an existing facility and was officially opened on November 20th of the same year.
On July 1st, 2025, she was included in the FBI 10 Most Wanted list, taking the place of Fatel Holm Innocent.
But, here's the catch.
On August 20th, 2025, it was reported that Rodriguez Singh had been captured a few days prior in New Delhi, India, by local law enforcement.
She was extradited to the United States shortly following her arrest and was processed into Charant County Jail.
She is currently being held on a bond of $10 million.
Tonight, we are one step closer to learning what happened to a little boy in Everman.
Noel Rodriguez was last seen in 2022 and reported missing in March of 2023.
Right before that Amber alert was issued, his mother hopped on a flight to India with her husband and six other children.
But tonight we've learned the FBI finally tracked her down and arrested her.
Adriana de Alba has been following this case since Noel disappeared and has more on this major update.
His little laugh.
The name and face people in Everman and beyond came to know.
Six-year-old Noel Rodriguez went missing more than two years ago.
His mother wanted for his murder.
When you walk into the Everman Police Department, this is the first thing you see.
A massive billboard with Cindy Rodriguez Singh's face on it.
It went up July 1st, the day she was named a top 10 most wanted fugitive.
And less than two months later, a breakthrough.
Today, the FBI announced Cindy, who was charged with capital murder, has been arrested.
Very surprised by the announcement.
The FBI partnering with officials in India to arrest her.
She is in FBI custody and will be brought back to Texas to face prosecution.
Tonight, the FBI tight-lipped on any further details, but puts us one step closer to the justice that Noel deserves.
From the start, Noel's case shook this community, missing since October 2022.
His body still hasn't been found.
At many points in this case, it's been emotional.
The day an Amber Alert for Noel went out was the same day Cindy and the family vanished.
Video shows Cindy, her husband, and six children at DFW Airport before boarding a flight to India.
The FBI believes she has not been back to the U.S. ever since.
So many questions.
But hope never faded.
No, it just, it's typically not in a cop's nature to give up.
In Everman, this case has been personal.
They all want answers.
They all want justice.
For the police chief, it's a case that cuts deeper than most.
This one hits a lot closer to home.
The vulnerability of the child.
Still, there are unanswered questions about what happened to Noel and whether his body will ever be found.
There was an extensive search of his family's home, cadaver dogs alerting to the scent of human remains, but the search turned up nothing.
We don't quit.
We keep coming.
The arrest brings new hope for justice.
In Everman, I'm Adriana De Alba.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of today's episode.
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