FBI arrests ‘most needed’ fugitive Anibal Aguirre with chilling felony warning
The FBI has arrested one of its ‘most wanted’ fugitives and sent a stark warning to criminals on the run. FBI agents captured Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, the first alleged cyber criminal on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list.
Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre is now in custody(Image: FBI/X)
The FBI has nabbed one of its ‘most wanted’ fugitives – delivering a chilling warning to criminals on the run. US authorities released a statement confirming FBI agents had seized Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre.
Photographs revealed the suspect in custody on a runway, flanked by FBI officers. The FBI broke the news just before midnight on Saturday in the UK.
They announced on X at 11:21pm: “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.”
They also delivered an ominous warning to fugitives: “These criminals can run, but they cannot hide from this FBI.”
Aguirre becomes the first cyber-criminal on the FBI’s ‘most wanted’ list to be caught. The Venezuelan stands 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 bankroll the ‘Tren de Aragua transnational gang’.
Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre is on US soil to face trial(Image: FBI/X)
The organisation is formally classified as a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ by the US government.
His ‘most wanted’ bulletin, issued by the FBI, stated Aguirre was hunted 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 hefty $1 million reward was put up for information directly leading to his capture.
He was ‘considered armed and dangerous’.
Other individuals on the top 10 most wanted list include additional members of the Tren de Aragua gang, as well as those from the MS-13 organised crime group. A staggering $5m bounty is placed on several members of this list, including Ruja Ignatova – also known as the ‘Cryptoqueen’, who is allegedly behind a colossal ponzi scheme.
