Ten FBI field offices prioritized finding dangerous fugitives, leading to more than 750 arrests – including more than 30 wanted for murder.
Key arrests in California, Florida, Massachusetts and Texas netted dangerous fugitives on the FBI Most Wanted List, including violent gang members and Mexican drug traffickers.
In California, San Diego Field Office agents arrested 76 people, including a violent fugitive from Mexico wanted for supplying thousands of kilograms of methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine to distributors throughout San Diego and Los Angeles.
FBI San Diego agents also seized five weapons, hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine worth more than $1.9 million and located seven missing children in sexual exploitation situations. They also helped secure prison sentences “for an FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive behind a multimillion-dollar criminal empire that lured young women into pornography through lies, coercion, and manipulation,” and for those arrested and sentenced for sexual exploitation or abuse of a minor.
In Florida, FBI Jacksonville agents arrested 120 people, including dozens of violent gang members and two wanted for distributing child sex abuse material. They recovered more than 50 weapons and multiple drug seizures. In one operation in Daytona, they arrested 28 Mongols motorcycle gang members as part of a joint operation with the Volusia Sheriff’s Office and Seventh Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office.
In North Texas, FBI Dallas agents arrested several fugitives, including Ten Most Wanted fugitives Cindy Rodriguez Singh and Cesar Pascual Orozco, who were extradited from India and Mexico, respectively. They were wanted for child sex crimes, murder, and violent robberies, including robbing an armored vehicle. FBI Dallas agents made arrests for “possession, distribution, and production of child sexual abuse material; violent robberies; drug-related charges; and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.” They also seized seven kilograms of fentanyl and 29 firearms.