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The FBI's Ten Most Wanted: A Short History & the Current Ten Most Wanted by www.SixWise.com Since the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list
originated in 1950, 480 individuals have appeared on the list.
Of them, 450 have been located --147 of them as a direct result
of cooperation from citizens.
Help keep those you care about safe while also helping
to continue the unparalleled success of nabbing criminals
through the 10 Most Wanted List ... After familiarzing
yourself with the current ten most wanted below,
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The idea for the list came in 1949, after a reporter for
the International News Service asked the FBI to describe the
"toughest guys" they'd like to capture. The story
generated so much attention that J. Edgar Hoover, the director
at that time, started the Ten Most Wanted Program.
So how low do you have to go to be one of the Ten Most Wanted
in America? According to the FBI, there are two criteria:
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The person must have "a lengthy record of committing
serious crimes" and/or be a "particularly dangerous
menace to society" because of current charges.
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The nationwide publicity that the Most Wanted Program
generates must be of assistance in apprehending the fugitive,
who "should not already be notorious due to other
publicity."
As times have changed, so has the makeup of the Ten Most
Wanted List. The FBI says that bank robbers, burglars and
car thieves made up the bulk of the list in the 1950s, while
the 1960s list was comprised primarily of revolutionaries
who had committed crimes like destruction of government property,
sabotage and kidnapping. The 1970s brought with it organized
crime and terrorism, which is still a major component, along
with serial murders and drug-related crimes, today.
The Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Name:
Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco
Wanted For:
- Murder
- Unlawful flight to avoid prosecution
Lopez-Orozco allegedly shot to death a woman and her
two young sons in Idaho. Their remains were found in
a burned vehicle in 2002.
Possible Locations: San Jose, California, Idaho,
and Mexico
Aliases: Raul Solario, Raul Solorio, Jorge Orozco-Lopez,
Jorge Alberto Orozco-Lopez, "Pepe"
Reward: Up to $100,000
Other Info: Considered armed and extremely dangerous,
Lopez-Orozco may be traveling with his brother, Simon
Lopez-Orozco, and wife, Maria Garcia. Both have been
charged with accessory to first-degree murder.
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Name:
Usama Bin Laden
Wanted For:
- Murder of U.S. Nationals outside the United States
- Conspiracy to murder U.S. Nationals outside the
United States
- Attack on a federal facility resulting in death
Bin Laden is wanted in connection with 1998 bombings
of the U.S. Embassies in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and
Nairobi, Kenya, which killed over 200 people. He's a
suspect in other terrorist attacks globally.
Possible Locations: Unknown
Aliases: Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin, Shaykh
Usama Bin Ladin, the Prince, the Emir, Abu Abdallah,
Mujahid Shaykh, Hajj, the Director
Reward: Up to $27 million
Other Info: Bin Laden is the leader of a terrorist
organization known as Al-Qaeda, "The Base."
He is left-handed and walks with a cane.
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Name:
Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez
Wanted For:
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Conspiracy to import and possess cocaine with intent
to deliver
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Possession of cocaine with intent to deliver
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Money laundering
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Racketeering influenced and corrupt organizations
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Drug trafficking
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Conspiracy to distribute or manufacture cocaine
abroad with knowledge or intent that it will be
imported into the United States
Montoya Sanchez is reputedly of the leaders of the
Colombian North Valley drug cartel, which is believed
to be the most powerful and violent drug trafficking
organization in Columbia. He is sought in connection
with the manufacture and distribution of multiple tons
of cocaine.
Possible Locations: Unknown
Aliases: Diego Montoya, Diego Sanchez-Montoya,
"Don Diego," "El Senor De La Guerra,""El
Ciclista"
Reward: Up to $5 million
Other Info: Montoya Sanchez is currently protected
by the Colombian paramilitary group, "Autodefensas
Unidas de Colombia" (AUC).
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Name:
James J. Bulger
Wanted For:
- Racketeering influenced and corrupt organizations
- 18 counts of murder
- Conspiracy to commit murder
- Conspiracy to commit extortion
- Narcotics distribution
- Conspiracy to commit money laundering
- Extortion
- Money Laundering
Bulger is being sought for his role in numerous murders
committed in the 1970s and '80s in connection with his
leadership of an organized crime group in the Boston,
Massachusetts area.
Possible Locations: United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico
Aliases: Thomas F. Baxter, Mark Shapeton, Jimmy
Bulger, James Joseph Bulger, James J. Bulger, Jr., James
Joseph Bulger, Jr., Tom Harris, Tom Marshall, "Whitey"
Reward: Up to $1 million
Other Info: Bulger has a violent temper and
is known to carry a knife at all times. He loves history
and frequents libraries and historic sites, as well
as walks on beaches and in parks with his female companion,
Catherine Elizabeth Greig. The couple loves animals
and may also frequent animal shelters. Bulger has been
known to use disguises to alter his appearance.
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Name:
Genero Espinosa Dorantes
Wanted For:
- Unlawful flight to avoid prosecution
- Criminal homicide
Dorantes allegedly participated in burning, beating,
torturing and murdering his 4-year-old stepson in Nashville,
Tennessee in 2003.
Possible Locations: North Carolina, Florida,
Texas or Mexico
Aliases: Edgar Espinosa-Dorentes, Edgar Espinoza-Dorantes,
Edgar Espinosa Dorantes, Edgar Durantes, Edgar Durantes
Espinoza, Edgar Dorantes, Javier Edgardo Espinosa, Genaro
Espinoza Dorantes, Genaro Espinosa Dorantes
Reward: Up to $100,000
Other Info: Dorantes may be traveling with girlfriend,
Martha L. Cano Patlan (also charged with criminal homicide),
and are thought to have her daughter and son with them.
Both children may be in danger of serious harm.
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Name:
Robert William Fisher
Wanted For:
- Unlawful flight to avoid prosecution
- 3 counts of first-degree murder
- Arson of an occupied structure
Fisher allegedly killed his wife and two young children,
then blew up the house in which they all lived in Scottsdale,
Arizona in April 2001.
Possible Locations: New Mexico or Florida
Alias: Robert W. Fisher
Reward: Up to $100,000
Other Info: Fisher is an avid outdoorsman, hunter
and fisherman, and has a gold crown on his upper left,
first bicuspid tooth. He is believed to be in possession
of several weapons, including a high-powered rifle.
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Name: Victor Manuel Gerena
Wanted For:
- Bank robbery
- Unlawful flight to avoid prosecution
- Armed robbery
- Theft from interstate shipment
Gerena is being sought in connection with the armed
robbery of $7 million from a Connecticut security company
in 1983. He took two employees hostage at gunpoint and
injected them with an unknown substance in order to
further disable them.
Possible Locations: Unknown
Aliases: Victor Ortiz, Victor M. Gerena Ortiz
Reward: Up to $1 million
Other Info: Gerena has a one-inch scar and a
mole on his right shoulder blade.
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Name:
Glen Stewart Godwin
Wanted For:
- Unlawful flight to avoid confinement
- Murder
- Escape
Godwin escaped from state prison in California in 1987,
where he was serving a lengthy prison sentence for murder.
He was later arrested for drug trafficking in Puerta
Vallarta, Mexico and sent to prison in Guadalajara.
In 1991, he allegedly murdered an inmate and escaped.
Possible Locations: Central and South America,
Mexico
Aliases: Michael Carrera, Miguel Carrera, Michael
Carmen, Glen Godwin, Glen S. Godwin, Dennis H. McWilliams,
Dennis Harold McWilliams
Reward: Up to $100,000
Other Info: Godwin is thought to be involved
in narcotics distribution.
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Name:
Richard Steve Goldberg
Wanted For:
- Sexual exploitation of children (production of child
pornography)
- Unlawful flight to avoid prosecution
- 6 counts of lewd acts upon a child
- 2 counts of possession of child pornography
Goldberg is wanted for allegedly engaging in sexual
activities with female children under the age of 10
in Long Beach, California in 2001. He allegedly produced
images of these acts, which were found on his computer.
Possible Locations: New Jersey, Nevada, Colorado,
Arizona and Georgia
Aliases: Richard Goldberg, Richard S. Goldberg
Reward: Up to $100,000
Other Info: Goldberg was the president of a
gun club in Long Beach, California.
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Name:
Donald Eugene Webb
Wanted For:
- Unlawful flight to avoid prosecution
- Murder
- Attempted burglary
Webb is being sought in connection with the murder
of a police chief in Pennsylvania who was shot twice
after being brutally beaten.
Possible Locations:
Aliases: A. D. Baker, Donald Eugene Perkins,
Donald Eugene Pierce, John S. Portas, Stanley John Portas,
Bev Webb, Eugene Bevlin Webb, Eugene Donald Webb, Stanley
Webb
Reward: Up to $100,000
Other Info: Webb is considered a master of assumed
identities and specializes in the burglary of jewelry
stores. He is reportedly allergic to penicillin, a lover
of dogs, a flashy dresser and a big tipper.
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U.S. Marshals Service 15 Most Wanted
The U.S. Marshals Service is the federal government's
primary agency for
conducting investigations involving escaped federal
prisoners, probation, parole and bond violators, and
fugitives based on warrants generated during drug investigations.
The Marhsals' "15 Most Wanted Fugitives"
Program was started in 1983 and has included:
- Murderers
- Sex offenders
- Major drug kingpins
- Organized crime figures
- Individuals wanted for high-profile financial crimes
See
the U.S. Marshals Service 15 Most Wanted Fugitives
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For more about the FBI's Most Wanted, including the Most
Wanted Terrorists and Monthly
Fugitives, visit their Web
Site.
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