Victor Manuel Gerena is a wanted criminal who is responsible for the White Eagle armed robbery which took place in early September of 1983 in West Hartford, Connecticut. He has long been suspected to be hiding in Cuba and is the last of the suspects related to this robbery who still remains free.
Victor Gerena, Wells Fargo bank (on the right). Image credit: FBI, sun-sentinel
He was a security guard at the Wells Fargo bank, and with the help of a few other accomplices, Victor was able to rob the bank of seven million dollars, which to this date remains the biggest cash sum successfully robbed on US soil.
He reportedly tied and gagged two of his co-workers, James McKeon and Timothy Girard, injected them with a mixture of water and aspirin with the hopes of sedating them, and then robbed the place.
He is said to have received help from a group called “Los Macheteros” who reportedly helped him take the money out of US soil. While the members of this group were eventually caught one by one, Victor has managed to stay a fugitive to this day. He has been featured in the FBI Top Ten Most Wanted List as its 386th fugitive entrant. (1, 2, 3)
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7 Jason Derek Brown
Jason Derek Brown is a dangerous fugitive who is wanted for first-degree murder and armed robbery. He reportedly shot and killed a guard of an armored car on November 29th, 2004 in front of a theatre in Phoenix, Arizona, and fled the scene with the money from the car.
Jason Brown worked as an importer of golf equipment and was an avidly social person who hung out in nightclubs, snowboarded, and rode dirt bikes in his free time. On the dreaded day of the murder, Robert Keith Palomares, the guard of an armored car was taking the deposits from the AMC
Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona but was ambushed by a hooded gunman later identified as Brown and shot at with a Glock. Out of the six bullets fired, five of them were shot at Palomares’ head and were fatal.
Brown escaped with the bag containing 56,000 dollars in cash and has never been caught to this day. He is the 489th entrant in the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List.(1, 2, 3)
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8 José Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez
José Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez is the boss of a drug cartel and is wanted by the FBI for planning and orchestrating the murder of Juan Jesús Guerrero Chapa in South Lake, Texas, which occurred on May 22, 2013, in Texas. He is also wanted for several other murders in Mexico.
José Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez(on the left), Juan Jesús Guerrero Chapa (on the right). Image credit: FBI, dailymail
José, also known as “El Gato,” is the leader of a drug cartel named “Beltran Leyva,” had a grudge with Guerrero as he was partially responsible for José’s father’s death.
Guerrero, who was a lawyer and a citizen of the USA and also working as an informant, was shot at by two assassins hired by José on May 22, 2013, in Southlake, Texas.
Guerrero’s wife escaped the incident unharmed, but Guerrero breathed his last. José’s name was placed in the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List as the 524th entry. (1, 2, 3)
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9 Arnoldo Jimenez
Arnoldo Jimenez is wanted for the murder of his wife Estrella Carrera, which happened a day after they got married, on May 12, 2012, in Burbank, Illinois. He is said to be hiding in Mexico.
Arnoldo Jimenez , Estrella Carrera. Image credit: FBI, CBS
Arnoldo got married to Estrella on May 11, 2012, at Chicago City Hall. Carrera had two children, a daughter from her previous relationship and a two-year-old son with Jimenez.
They reportedly had a gathering with their family and friends post-marriage, then visited a nightclub, and are said to have left at around 4 a.m. in Jimenez’s Maserati.
It is speculated that the newlywed couple must have had a serious argument in the car and that Jimenez stabbed Carrera several times, brought her body to her house, laid it in the bathtub, and fled the scene.
The FBI suspects that Jimenez is hiding in the Santiago Papasquiaro region of Durango, Mexico, and is actively pursuing leads. (1, 2)
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10 Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel
Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel is a criminal evading arrest for the murder of his wife Palak, who he arrived within the USA from India. They both worked in a Dunkin’ Donuts Store and were both there on April 12, 2015, when Palak was in the kitchen of the store.
Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel(on the left), Palak(on the right). Image credit: FBI
Bhadreshkumar was 24 years old and Palak 21, when this incident occurred. The couple were from India but were visiting some of their relatives residing in Hanover, Maryland. It is said that they both eventually decided to work at a Dunkin’ Donuts store owned by one of their relatives.
On the day of the murder, recovered surveillance footage shows both Bhadreshkumar and Palak going into the kitchen at around 9:30 p.m., but only him returning from there. Since he was not a suspect for the hours it took to eventually find her body, he easily escaped.
It was speculated that the two had disagreements on staying in the USA, which is what caused their argument and her subsequent murder.
It is said that his visiting visa had expired and that he is still hiding somewhere in the USA. His name was added as the 514th entry into the FBI’s Most Wanted Top Ten list on April 18, 2017. (1, 2, 3)
