In March, federal authorities apprehended one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted fugitives, MS-13 leader Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, in Mexico.
FBI-led task forces now include more than 9,000 federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement partners nationwide. “We can’t do that unless we have great police partnerships,” Patel said. “Which is why I’ve embedded police officers here at HQ from around the country to make sure we have that connectivity.”
