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Post by vigilanti on Feb 25, 2020 19:21:26 GMT -5
Yes, I believe the reason El Chapo was not added to the FBI’s most wanted list is that he was already on other agencies’ most wanted lists, specifically the DEA’s most wanted list.
Regarding the fugitive Nazis, if the FBI had issued charges in the 1940s and if the FBI’s most wanted list had been around then, perhaps Adolf Eichmann would have been on the list until his capture in the early 1960s, and then Josef Mengele thereafter. Of course, this is mere speculation conditional upon USA authorities becoming serious about the search for World War II fugitives at that point. I think Mengele would have been captured if he had lived into the 1980s, as by that point international agencies including those of the USA became involved.
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Post by vigilanti on Feb 19, 2020 11:21:44 GMT -5
As far as I am aware, the FBI Ten Most Wanted list is reserved for individuals whom have been charged with a crime by a US jurisdiction. As far as Hitler is concerned, it would be odd to see a sitting head-of-state on the FBI's list, and publicity would in all likelihood not have aided in his apprehension as he was technically not a fugitive but known to be in Berlin most of the time.
Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele may have been good candidates had they been charged with a crime by a US jurisdiction, but I am not aware of them ever having been so. The Israeli investigative authority, the Mossad, was primarily responsible for the search for Nazi fugitives.
Extrapolating this to modern times, Felicien Kabuga (Rwanda genocide financier) may be considered if he were charged with a crime by a US jurisdiction, but I do not believe he has been (feel free to correct me if I am mistaken). I have thought about whether there should be a global ten/fifteen/twenty "most wanted" list including some of the most elusive and/or serious fugitives from countries throughout the world - Forbes magazine published an international most wanted list a few years ago including Kabuga and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, but I think it was last published in 2011 and is not an official law enforcement most wanted list.
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Post by vigilanti on Sept 29, 2018 23:25:20 GMT -5
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Post by vigilanti on Sept 21, 2018 17:34:43 GMT -5
Yes, I agree that the David A. Williams in the IMDB reel and Facebook page is probably not the man identified as being Hiers, especially considering his height. I thought some of his photos resembled those of Hiers at first. If he posts updates in the coming days, that will prove to me that it is not him.
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Post by vigilanti on Sept 20, 2018 21:54:04 GMT -5
A link to a Facebook page for David A. Williams: www.facebook.com/actordavidw/It shows that this man was in Los Angeles recently as well. Perhaps it (this David A. Williams) is not Hiers then, but if he had fake identification then perhaps he could have traveled back and forth (other high-profile fugitives have done this, apparently Andre Neverson as a recent example)...I am looking forward to seeing what is revealed in the days to come. Again, he does bear resemblance to Hiers.
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Post by vigilanti on Sept 20, 2018 21:44:07 GMT -5
I looked into the "David A. Williams" who authored this book, and it seems he did some acting as well. Here is a link to a reel containing some of his acting: www.imdb.com/name/nm6077746/videoplayer/vi1976150041?ref_=nm_rvd_vi_1For instance, he appeared in a 2007 movie called "Diamond Dogs". This man bears resemblance to Hiers, although I am not 100% certain it is him. His eyes appear to be the same color, and I do detect a bit of the "Southern twang" that we saw in his AMW/Hunt profile in this man's voice. I wonder if it was indeed him...it was mentioned that he arrived in Beijing in the spring of 2006, which would have been a year after Hiers went on the lam. He was located in Shanghai. It seems rather incredible for a major fugitive to decide to appear in films, but we have seen instances before where fugitives do not always lay low (if I remember correctly, FBI "Ten Most Wanted" fugitive Eric Toth decided to speak at tech conventions under an assumed name). Of course, Hiers moved overseas, but even still it would seem rather brazen for him to decide to become an actor. It would be interesting to know how long Hiers was in China and what path he took to get there, such as if he fled into Mexico/Central America and then boarded a flight to China. It is quite possible he obtained fake ID and stayed in the US and took a flight to China after ditching his car at the border, in my humble opinion. I hope that Hiers is extradited soon so he can finally appear in court - this is one of the first fugitives I paid attention to when I started watching AMW in 2007. I believe the news stating he has been apprehended, but have his fingerprints been matched yet? I only hope this is not another "Robert Fisher capture" case. The Marshals' Website has not yet been updated to reflect his capture.
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Post by vigilanti on Jul 30, 2016 9:11:14 GMT -5
I honestly didn't hold out much hope for Whitey Bulger to be caught, but perhaps I should have given it more faith given how high-profile he was. Then again, he and Catherine Greig succeeded in "hiding in plain sight" in Southern California for roughly 17 years. I read (after his capture) that the FBI had solid evidence that Whitey had not left the US and was living near the coastline before the 2011 publicity campaign that led to his capture and that the sighting in London's Picadilly Square was false.
The recent capture of William Cleborne Taylor in North Carolina once again proves that fugitives do not have to leave the US to evade detection for long periods of time. I wonder how many other high-profile fugitives could be staying put in the US, although there are in all likelihood numerous FBI and Marshals' "most wanted" fuges hiding out in Mexico right now IMHO. A few, such as Brad Bishop (if still alive) probably fled the continent, but we have seen that many can live undetected in the US, Canada, or especially Mexico for many years.
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Post by vigilanti on Mar 19, 2016 18:18:23 GMT -5
I've seen Crime Watch Daily too, and while the one episode did show a serious unsolved murder case, they then began showing "funny crime videos" and I changed the channel. I am a bit surprised to hear they have yet to solve a case, however.
Has there ever been an alleged sex trafficker on the FBI's list? I cannot think of any.
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Post by vigilanti on Mar 19, 2016 17:55:58 GMT -5
I would be intrigued to see an alleged sex trafficker added to the list, as I see them as major facilitators to the problem of sex abuse. While they are certainly troublemakers, I am honestly somewhat disappointed when I see fugitives wanted for one or two sex crimes on the FBI's most wanted list, as they don't typically match the expected "worst of the worst" caliber in my mind.
I was thinking the other day that even in cases where AMW didn't directly lead to "top tenners"' arrests, it may have generated tips that narrowed the field. I really wish someone would revive it or create a similar show.
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Post by vigilanti on Jan 30, 2016 20:56:17 GMT -5
No worries - I wasn't taking offense by any means. I'm sure there are aspects and areas of Italy that are much less rosy than the impression I got while I was there, just like there are good and bad things about the US and every other country (although I don't have any plans to travel to North Korea or Syria for that matter given the current situations in those countries). I just thought that the impression I received of Italy was that the people were a bit less competitive/compulsive in general than in the US (I have read that about other European countries as well), and it seems like somewhere a person like Bishop would feel more at ease.
My personal thoughts regarding Fisher are that he either killed himself shortly after the murders of his family or that he is keeping a low profile in a mountainous/forest region of the US, possibly in the Appalachian Mountains. Canada (one of the territories bordering the US, particularly Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, or perhaps British Columbia) would be my second guess were he still alive. As good of a disguise as it could be, I personally doubt he'd be hiding in an urban area.
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Post by vigilanti on Jan 30, 2016 19:54:51 GMT -5
Then I guess it's great news, now Bishop can be caught but it depends on where he is.... There are some very corrupt areas in Italy, where the police force really don't do much. I am confident Brad Bishop can be caught it just takes for him to slip up once or for an alert citizen to contact authorities with the right tip I hate to say that unfortunately rather wishful thinking. If there's one thing I know about Brad Bishop, it's that he is sneaky. He's certainly clever, cunning, and most of all highly intelligent. He could be dead now, but even if not I do not feel optimistic that we will ever see him in handcuffs regardless of whether a show about him is available on Netflix. I think there's a decent chance his corpse will eventually be identified, however. In regard to depression-related issues, it is well documented that Bishop and his deceased wife suffered from anxiety problems. I visited Italy for a wile a few years ago, and I was impressed by how much more laid-back even the cities I was in (Florence and Rome) seemed at least facially in comparison to their counterparts in the US. The people were very friendly and they took a siesta for two hours (if I remember correctly) in the early afternoon every weekday. Now, I myself suffer from anxiety issues, and Italy seemed like a more hospitable environment for someone with such issues (if I didn't have family in the US, I may have seriously considered finding a way to stay in Italy after my studies there ended). I recall hearing that one of Bishop's acquaintances in the '70s said that Bishop stated that he wanted "a freer life", which I take to mean one in circumstances involving less stress and more independence than what he experienced in the Foreign Service and American life in general. Perhaps he lived in the Appalachian Mountains for a while, but I do believe he eventually made his way to the airport, boarded a plane for Italy or a neighboring country, and probably hasn't been back to the Americas but has instead been moving stealthily throughout the entire continent of Europe and perhaps parts of Africa and maybe Asia as well under multiple identities and physical disguises. One more thought - while I shake frequently due to the above-mentioned issues, I have never murdered anyone, let alone five members of my own family. If I did, I'm sure my anxiety would be ten times worse, especially were I a fugitive. Therefore, the fact that Graham Harrell said that the man he saw in the restroom in Sorrento began shaking when asked if he was Brad Bishop leads me to believe that he indeed was (what other logical reason would there be, unless the man was somewhat imbalanced anyway and believed Harrell was looking for a guy named "Brad Bishop" for an intimate encounter or something?). If I were Bishop in that situation, I would have been expecting a swarm of agents to follow and take me into custody. Perhaps that's why the man seemed so nervous according to Harrell. Just a few thoughts on Bishop that perhaps I could also mention in his thread...
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Post by vigilanti on Dec 19, 2015 19:02:44 GMT -5
I honestly did not pay much attention to this story until now. He looks like the stereotypical drug-addled teenager. I don't remember the Marshals' most wanted list ever containing a fugitive wanted for DUI vehicular manslaughter, but I do think Couch would be a good addition, even moreso than Chris Ponce since Couch's reckless behavior claimed four lives. I could see both of them on this list, however, but I don't know if the Marshals would want to add two DUI manslaughter fugitives, at least simultaneously.
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Post by vigilanti on Dec 5, 2015 13:15:40 GMT -5
I agree - he (Yassein) would be the one I would most suspect of helping Yaser. We may not be certain until Yaser is apprehended, if even then. Another brother (Mohsen) allegedly "cussed out" and threatened the director of the Price of Honor movie (a movie profiling Yaser and his alleged crimes). I could see being unnerved by all of the media attention drawn on me were I a close relative of an infamous fugitive, but I would learn to expect it and try to deal with it in a rational manner. After all, family is usually the first thing investigators focus on when there is a fugitive on the lam.
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Post by vigilanti on Dec 5, 2015 10:17:20 GMT -5
I wonder if they were planning to attack somewhere else and something that happened at the party set Farook off, and he told his wife that it was time to attack. It's also possible there was an ongoing issue at work and they had been formulating this plot for a while, and Farook was antagonizing the other partygoers before the shooting. I wonder if at least some of the people with whom he was apparently arguing at the party are still alive and if they could shed light on what was discussed.
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Post by vigilanti on Dec 5, 2015 10:13:05 GMT -5
I'm back!
Of course, Yaser could be hiding in Antarctica for all we know. However, if I were him I would either try to blend in in an Arabic/Muslim community in a non-Middle Eastern country or go back to Egypt or another Middle Eastern country. I would try not to stand out, which of course is what often leads to unwanted attention and apprehension of a fugitive. I am inclined to believe that were he still in the US someone would have noticed and cashed in on their $100K reward by now, but anything's possible. We can't assume that his family is hiding him, although that's always a possibility and many fugitives have been assisted by family members in the past. It's also possible they gave him some money and then he disappeared. However, just because they haven't always been accommodating of the media does not prove their complicity with Yaser.
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