The Caribbean Escobar—the moniker given to Jose Figueroa-Agosto by US federal Marshals—was finally captured on Saturday, ending the his 10-year run from the law. Agosto, a.k.a. Junior Capsula, is believed to be a cocaine and heroin trafficking kingpin in the Caribbean.
When last seen, he was with his female companion, Dominican Republic fugitive Sobeida Felix-Morel. The wanted poster distributed by US Marshals stated that they both “love the high life, exclusive dining, and living conditions.”
Agosto was apprehended in a San Juan, Puerto Rico. Agents had been tailing his car with the fugitive, wearing a wig at the time, stopped the vehicle, and tried to runaway on foot, according to a NPR report.
The native Puerto Rican, 46, 5 feet 6 inches tall, with scars and tattoos on both arms, became the Caribbean’s most wanted fugitive when he escaped from a Puerto Rico prison in 1999. He had been serving a 209-year sentence for kidnapping and murder, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Investigators searching for Agosto made a key breakthrough in March this year, when a bust by FBI agents yielded his laptop filled with aliases and other evidence.
The US Department of State Diplomatic Security Service was on the Caribbean Escobar’s trail for passport fraud and he was wanted by the FBI for “unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.”
Figueroa-Agosto was on the wanted list in the Dominican Republic for crimes including kidnapping, money laundering, drug trafficking, and murder.
When last seen, he was with his female companion, Dominican Republic fugitive Sobeida Felix-Morel. The wanted poster distributed by US Marshals stated that they both “love the high life, exclusive dining, and living conditions.”
Agosto was apprehended in a San Juan, Puerto Rico. Agents had been tailing his car with the fugitive, wearing a wig at the time, stopped the vehicle, and tried to runaway on foot, according to a NPR report.
The native Puerto Rican, 46, 5 feet 6 inches tall, with scars and tattoos on both arms, became the Caribbean’s most wanted fugitive when he escaped from a Puerto Rico prison in 1999. He had been serving a 209-year sentence for kidnapping and murder, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Investigators searching for Agosto made a key breakthrough in March this year, when a bust by FBI agents yielded his laptop filled with aliases and other evidence.
The US Department of State Diplomatic Security Service was on the Caribbean Escobar’s trail for passport fraud and he was wanted by the FBI for “unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.”
Figueroa-Agosto was on the wanted list in the Dominican Republic for crimes including kidnapping, money laundering, drug trafficking, and murder.
