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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2015
- Nationality
- Mexican
- Checked
Juan Laureano-Arvizu
Juan Laureano-Arvizu, a Mexican national, is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2015. He is wanted in connection with charges that include murder, drug trafficking, organised crime and kidnapping. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Juan Laureano-Arvizu.
He is described as 1.73 m tall, weighing about 68 kg, with brown eyes and brown hair. Distinguishing marks noted by the agency: Laureano-Arvizu has acne scars on his face. Born on 24 June 1973 in Mexico, he would now be 53.
- Murder or homicide
- Drug trafficking
- Organised crime
- Kidnapping or hostage-taking
- Robbery, theft or burglary
Charges, as published
- Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - Murder
- Attempted Murder of a Police Officer
- Kidnapping for Ransom
- Robbery
- Attempted Kidnapping
- Shooting at an Inhabited Occupied Structure
- Attempted Robbery
- Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping
Reward
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Juan Laureano-Arvizu.
Case details, as published by FBI
Juan Laureano-Arvizu, aka Chaquetin, is being sought in San Diego for a series of violent crimes. Chaquetin was an alleged member of a drug cartel enforcement crew known as Los Palillos. This gang originally operated under the Arellano Felix Organization (AFO), a drug-trafficking organization in Tijuana, Mexico. It is reported that after leadership in the AFO was arrested, members of the Los Palillos fled to the United States and continued to operate as an independent gang, with an established drug distribution headquartered in San Diego County. This gang was suspected of kidnapping, torturing, and murdering nine people in San Diego County. And, between 2004-2007, Chaquetin allegedly participated in the abductions and murders. On August 26, 2009, an arrest warrant was issued for Laureano-Arvizu, by the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego. He was charged with the following crimes: murder; attempted murder of a police officer; kidnapping for ransom; robbery; attempted kidnapping; shooting at an inhabited occupied structure; attempted robbery; and conspiracy to commit kidnapping for ransom. A federal arrest warrant was issued on December 3, 2014, by the United States District Court, Southern District of California, after Laureano-Arvizu was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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