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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2015
- Nationality
- Mexican
- Checked
Rene Arzate-Garcia
Rene Arzate-Garcia, a Mexican national, is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2015. He is wanted in connection with charges that include terrorism, drug trafficking, organised crime and money laundering. The United States Department of State's Narcotics Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Rene Arzate-Garcia.
He is described as 1.83 m tall, weighing about 100 kg, with brown eyes and black hair. Born on 11 June 1983 in Mexico, he would now be 43.
- Terrorism
- Drug trafficking
- Organised crime
- Money laundering
Charges, as published
- Narcoterrorism
- Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization
- Conducting a Continuing Criminal Enterprise
- Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substance Intended for Importation
- Conspiracy to Import Controlled Substances
- Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances
- and Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments
Reward
The United States Department of State's Narcotics Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Rene Arzate-Garcia.
Case details, as published by FBI
The FBI is seeking the public's assistance in locating Rene Arzate-Garcia, who is being sought on narcoterrorism, conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, and drug charges. Reports allege Arzate-Garcia, who is better known as "La Rana," is a high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in charge of the drug trade in Northern Baja California. On July 25, 2014, a federal arrest warrant was issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California after Arzate-Garcia was charged federally with conspiracy to import marijuana. On October 9, 2025, a federal superseding indictment was returned in the Southern District of California charging Arzate-Garcia with Narcoterrorism; Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization; Conducting a Continuing Criminal Enterprise; Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substance Intended for Importation; Conspiracy to Import Controlled Substances; Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances; and Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments.
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