{"id":3023,"date":"2025-09-18T02:50:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T02:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2025-11-19T02:46:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:46:38","slug":"u-s-government-offers-5-million-dollar-reward-for-the-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/u-s-government-offers-5-million-dollar-reward-for-the-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Government Offers 5 Million Dollar Reward for “The Russian”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Could you use some extra spending money? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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”). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some photos of the guy in case you run into him: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Juan Jose Ponce Felix, “El Ruso”. Source: U.S. State Department<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From the U.S. State Department<\/a>: “Today <\/strong>[September 16th], the Department of State\u2019s 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 Jos\u00e9 Ponce F\u00e9lix, a\/k\/a ‘Jes\u00fas Alexandro Sanchez F\u00e9lix’ and ‘El Ruso,’ for violating U.S. narcotics laws.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“According to the DEA and FBI, Ponce F\u00e9lix is the founder and leader of Los Rusos <\/strong>[“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\u2019s La Mayiza faction manages the production and trafficking of fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and methamphetamine from northwest Mexico into the United States.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that “El Ruso” is in the Mayiza faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, currently at war with the Chapitos faction<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ponce Felix is believed to be in Mexicali, the capital of Baja California state. Mexicali lies on the Mexico-U.S. border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. State Department<\/a> specifies that “ALL IDENTITIES ARE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL”<\/strong> which is important if one is proffering information to the U.S. government about a Mexican drug cartel figure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same document states that “Government officials and employees are not eligible for rewards.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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