(Juan Jose Ponce Felix has been on the FBI Most Wanted list for awhile)..Other US Federal Agencies announced a reward is now being offered.

The announcement was made this week, just before an indictment was unsealed. The authorities announced a $5 million reward program has been launched for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Juan Jose Ponce Felix, also known as El Ruso. He is a high ranking figure in the Sinaloa Cartel based in Mexicali. Officials say it is all part of a broader campaign to dismantle the cartel, which in February 2025 was designated by the United States as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Ponce Felix is accused of leading a faction of the Cartel for having trafficked in vast quantities of Fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin into the United States, while also trafficking in firearms, kidnapping, torture, murder and public corruption schemes.