FBI most wanted fugitive arrested as agents tell criminals 'you cannot hide'

FBI most wanted fugitive arrested as agents tell criminals 'you cannot hide' The FBI has sent a stark message to criminals on the run as it announced it has captured the first cybercriminal to be placed on its most wanted list late on Friday One of the FBI's ‘most wanted’ fugitives has been arrested as the agency sent a stark message to criminals on the run. Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre has been captured by FBI agents and taken to the US to face trial, officials have said. Images posted online by the FBI show a man in custody on an airfield, surrounded by FBI personnel. “Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre is the 10th Ten Most Wanted fugitive captured by this FBI since January 2025. He is the first ever Cyber fugitive on FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Now he’s back in the United States to face justice,” a statement accompanying the photos said. The FBI made the announcement shortly before midnight on Saturday in the UK. They also posted a chilling message to fugitives on X at 11:21pm: “These criminals can run, but they cannot hide from this FBI.” Aguirre is the first cyber-criminal on the FBI’s ‘most wanted’ list to be snared. The Venezuelan is accused of ‘allegedly leading a large international conspiracy that deploys numerous crews to the United States to steal millions of dollars from financial institutions’ to fund the ‘Tren de Aragua transnational gang’. The gang is officially designated a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ by the US government. His ‘most wanted’ notice, posted by the FBI, said Aguirre was sought in connection with ‘ATM jackpotting, a scheme where malware is installed on ATMs to force the unauthorised withdrawal of cash, after which the stolen cash flows through a complex money laundering network’. A $1 million reward was offered for information leading directly to his arrest. He was ‘considered armed and dangerous’. Other figures on the most wanted top 10 include other members of the Tren de Aragua gang, as well as the MS-13 organised crime group. A $5m bounty is on the head of several members of list, including Ruja Ignatova — aka the ‘Cryptoqueen’ allegedly responsible for a massive ponzi scheme.