FBI captures Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive with alleged Sinaloa Cartel ties, Patel says
The FBI captured Ten Most Wanted fugitive Gregory Henderson Jr., just three days after adding the alleged Indianapolis gang leader to its list and offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to his arrest.
Henderson, 46, had evaded arrest since a sweeping federal takedown of his alleged organization in August 2023. He faces federal charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and conspiracy to engage in an animal fighting venture.
The FBI alleges Henderson led a violent Indianapolis gang whose drug trafficking network was supplied by the Sinaloa Cartel and distributed methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl throughout Indianapolis and the surrounding Midwest.
His capture marks the ninth FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive apprehended since President Donald Trump returned to office. The nine fugitives had collectively spent more than 50 years on the run, according to the FBI. The FBI says the nine captures are more than twice the four Ten Most Wanted fugitives captured during the Biden administration.
FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital exclusively that Henderson’s capture reflected a broader increase in Ten Most Wanted apprehensions under the Trump administration.
"Nine Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is more than twice as many as captured under the entirety of the prior administration — and this FBI and our partners did it in 18 months under President Trump’s brilliant leadership," Patel said. "Gregory Henderson Jr. had been on the run for a year, wanted for his alleged involvement in major drug trafficking operation and animal fighting conspiracies as the alleged leader of a violent neighborhood-based gang located in Indianapolis, Indiana - a gang with significant drug distribution ties to the Sinaloa Cartel."
"This administration is letting good cops be cops and they are delivering in historic ways. I’d like to congratulate our FBI Indianapolis team who led this case from the beginning and thank our great Justice Department and law enforcement partners who righteously pursued this case with us," he added.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General was among the federal partners involved in the case.
"I would like to thank the FBI, DOJ, and our USDA OIG among many other federal partners in their relentless pursuit for justice. Mr. Henderson had sought to evade the law after committing multiple crimes and leaving behind pain and anguish for many people and animals, but today is the end of that devastation," U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins told Fox News Digital "President Trump has focused his administration on delivering justice for those targeted by violent crimes, and we will not rest until we achieve this goal."
The FBI added Henderson to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on Aug. 11, describing him as armed and dangerous.
Henderson and 20 others were federally indicted in the Southern District of Indiana in August 2023 on drug trafficking and dog fighting conspiracy charges. More than 300 federal, state and local law enforcement officers carried out a takedown later that month, arresting 18 people while Henderson evaded capture.
Federal agents seized 61 guns, quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine, $98,000 in cash and 166 fighting dogs during the operation, according to the FBI.
Law enforcement also uncovered what the FBI described as a significant dog fighting and illegal gambling operation allegedly led by Henderson.
"Henderson Jr. has a long history of criminal activity, including street violence, intimidation, assault, and weapons, in addition to drug trafficking and animal cruelty," said FBI Indianapolis Special Agent in Charge Tim O’Malley.
Details about where and how Henderson was captured were not immediately available.