FBI Director Kash Patel says all 10 most wanted fugitives captured
Announcement made during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on September 15, 2026.
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FBI Director Kash Patel says all 10 most wanted fugitives captured
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What this story says
- FBI Director Kash Patel announced the capture of all 10 individuals on the FBI's Most Wanted list during President Donald Trump's second term.
- The tenth and final fugitive, Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, was captured in Venezuela over the past weekend.
- Aguirre is described as the FBI's first cyber fugitive and allegedly led an international conspiracy to steal millions of dollars.
- Patel also stated the FBI captured six of the top 10 most wanted fraudsters and cited homicide reductions in several cities as public safety successes.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 9 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
60/100
Craft
65/100
Hype
45/100
9 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced on September 15, 2026, that the bureau had apprehended all 10 fugitives on its Most Wanted list during President Donald Trump's second term. Patel made the announcement during an appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He stated that the tenth fugitive was captured in Venezuela over the past weekend, completing the sweep.
The tenth fugitive was identified as Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, who the FBI described as its first cyber fugitive. According to the FBI, Aguirre led an international conspiracy to steal millions of dollars from financial institutions through an ATM jackpotting scheme since at least 2024. Patel also stated that the FBI captured six of the top 10 most wanted fraudsters on a list created during the current administration.
Patel also cited reductions in homicide rates in Baltimore, Memphis, and Washington D.C. as evidence of the administration's public safety efforts. He stated that Baltimore reached its lowest mid-year homicide numbers in recorded history, Memphis saw a 50% reduction in homicide, and Washington D.C. was on track for its lowest homicide numbers since 1990.
Disagreement on fugitive count
During the hearing, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, praised the FBI for capturing nine of the 10 most wanted fugitives. FBI Director Kash Patel corrected Grassley, stating that the FBI had captured all 10, with the tenth capture occurring the previous weekend. This correction was reported by both the Democratic Accent and Foreign Policy Journal.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention the specific details of Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre's alleged ATM jackpotting scheme, which were reported by the left-rated Foreign Policy Journal and the centre-rated Hola News digest. The centre-rated digest from Hola News did not mention the FBI's capture of six of the top 10 most wanted fraudsters or the specific homicide reduction figures cited by Patel.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 15 Sept 2026, 23:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- The left-rated report from Foreign Policy Journal led with FBI Director Kash Patel's announcement of the capture of all 10 most wanted fugitives during President Donald Trump's second term. It detailed the capture of the tenth fugitive in Venezuela and identified the individual as Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, the FBI's first cyber fugitive. The report also noted Patel's comparison of the current administration's fugitive captures to the prior one and his claims of homicide reductions in several cities.
Centre
0 rated outlets
- The centre-rated report from Hola News, a digest, focused on the FBI's announcement of the capture in Venezuela of the last of the ten most wanted fugitives by the U.S. The digest stated that FBI Director Kash Patel announced the capture, claiming the agency had arrested all members of that list. It mentioned the capture occurred over the weekend in Venezuela.
Right
6 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports from Democratic Accent, Florida's Voice, The Western Journal, wfmd.com, and Fox News all highlighted FBI Director Kash Patel's announcement of the capture of all 10 members of the FBI's Most Wanted list during President Donald Trump's second term. Democratic Accent and The Western Journal specifically used the word 'historic' in their headlines. Several reports, including Democratic Accent and Fox News, mentioned the capture of the tenth fugitive in Venezuela and identified the individual as Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre. The right-rated reports also emphasised Patel's claims of crime reduction and increased arrests under the current administration.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover FBI Director Kash Patel says all 10 most wanted fugitives captured?
- Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 14% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 86% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 9. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is FBI Director Kash Patel says all 10 most wanted fugitives captured left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of FBI Director Kash Patel says all 10 most wanted fugitives captured biased?
- FBI Director Kash Patel says all 10 most wanted fugitives captured is one event reported by 9 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting FBI Director Kash Patel says all 10 most wanted fugitives captured?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered FBI Director Kash Patel says all 10 most wanted fugitives captured?
- 9 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who announced the capture of the FBI's most wanted fugitives?
- FBI Director Kash Patel announced the capture of all 10 fugitives on the FBI's Most Wanted list. He made the announcement during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on September 15, 2026.
- When were all 10 most wanted fugitives captured?
- FBI Director Kash Patel stated that all 10 fugitives on the FBI's Most Wanted list were captured during President Donald Trump's second term. The tenth and final fugitive was apprehended in Venezuela over the past weekend prior to the announcement.
- Who was the tenth fugitive captured, and what was he accused of?
- The tenth fugitive was identified as Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, described as the FBI's first cyber fugitive. According to the FBI, he led an international conspiracy to steal millions of dollars from financial institutions through an ATM jackpotting scheme since at least 2024.
Read it at the source
9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Right
6- Patel reveals historic crime drop, 10-of-10 Most Wanted takedown in fiery Senate hearing (opens Florida’s Voice in a new tab)
Florida’s Voice — is Florida’s Voice biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Historic: FBI Captures All 10 Fugitives on 'Most Wanted' List in Trump's Second Term (opens The Western Journal in a new tab)
The Western Journal — is The Western Journal biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kash Patel reveals FBI’s capture of all 10 members of Most Wanted fugitive’s list during hearing (opens wfmd.com in a new tab)
- Kash Patel reveals FBI's capture of all 10 members of Most Wanted fugitive's list during hearing – Democratic Accent (opens democraticaccent.com in a new tab)
democraticaccent.com — is democraticaccent.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kash Patel reveals FBI's capture of all 10 members of Most Wanted fugitive's list during hearing (opens Fox News in a new tab)
- Patel: FBI has captured all 10 'Most Wanted' fugitives (opens OAN in a new tab)
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