Patel says the FBI has seized the third most wanted fugitive since Trump took office
According to agency director Kash Patel, the FBI has captured its third fugitive from the list of “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” since the president took office on January 20.
Patel said in an article on X on Tuesday night that the FBI’s success with some of the most wanted criminals in the United States was “not accidental”, which could be attributed to making “good cops a good cops.”
“When you make good police officers a good police officer, that’s what happens. This administration is providing resources for the new FBI and AG Bondi to get the job done – we won’t stop.”
He also praised the work of the Justice Department and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
FBI adds leaders of the so-called Meza-Flores transnational criminal group to the list of ten most wanted fugitives
FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency has arrested fugitives for the third time on the list of ten most wanted fugitives since President Donald Trump took office on January 20, 2025. (Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Patel did not provide any details about the latest arrest, but after he announced the arrest of MS-13 main leader Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, who was detained in Mexico on Monday and will be extradited to the US.
The FBI has provided a $250,000 reward for information about Bardales before being arrested for allegedly directing MS-13 activities in the United States, Mexico and El Salvador.
The FBI announced earlier Tuesday that Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, the main senior leader of MS-13, was detained in Mexico on Monday and will be extradited to the United States. (Mexican law enforcement)
Patel says
“I can now confirm that working with the Department of Justice and other inter-agency partners last night, the FBI has extradited us from Mexico’s ten most wanted criminals – we consider the main senior leader of MS-13, Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales.
Mexico extradited more than 29 drug cartel figures to the United States, including drug Lord Rafael Caro Quintero, whose arrest and handover took place weeks after the 1985 killing of DEA agents.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the Trump administration’s success in capturing most of the fugitives he wanted came from “making good police officers a good police officer.” (Ministry of Justice)
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The Trump administration’s first arrest of the ten most wanted fugitives occurred in January at Lake Florida Police Sgt. Michelle Bilbrey arrested Donald Eugene Fields II, 60, during a routine traffic stop.
Federal child sex trafficking charges and state rape charges are wanted.
