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On September 16th, 2025, the U.S. government put out a 5 million dollar reward on drug lord Juan Jose Ponce Felix, known as El Ruso (“The Russian”).
Here are some photos of the guy in case you run into him:
From the U.S. State Department: “Today [September 16th], the Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is announcing a reward offer of up to $5 million under the Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP) for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Sinaloa Cartel leader Juan José Ponce Félix, a/k/a “Jesús Alexandro Sanchez Félix” and “El Ruso,” for violating U.S. narcotics laws.”
“According to the DEA and FBI, Ponce Félix is the founder and leader of Los Rusos [“the Russians”], the primary armed wing of La Mayiza. La Mayiza is a powerful faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization co-founded and led by Ismael Zambada Garcia, a/k/a ‘El Mayo.’ The cartel’s La Mayiza faction manages the production and trafficking of fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and methamphetamine from northwest Mexico into the United States.“
Note that “El Ruso” is in the Mayiza faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, currently at war with the Chapitos faction.
Ponce Felix is believed to be in Mexicali, the capital of Baja California state. Mexicali lies on the Mexico-U.S. border.
The U.S. State Department specifies that “ALL IDENTITIES ARE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL” which is important if one is proffering information to the U.S. government about a Mexican drug cartel figure.
The same document states that “Government officials and employees are not eligible for rewards.”