Oak Lawn Gang Member On FBI's 'Ten Most Wanted' List Captured in Mexico: FBI

CHICAGO, IL -- An Oak Lawn man on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list was arrested in Mexico after eight years on the lam. Luis Macedo, 29, a reputed Latin Kings gang member, was wanted for the brutal murder of a 15-year-old South Side boy in 2009. He was taken into custody Saturday without incident in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, the FBI announced.

Macedo, whose last known address was the 6200 block of West 90th Place in Oak Lawn, has been the subject of a nationwide manhunt since 2010 after he was charged in a federal criminal complaint with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

Chicago police believed that Macedo was the ringleader in the May 1, 2009 attack of 15-year-old Alex Arellano, who was beaten, shot and then set on fire by several Latin King street gang members. Macedo was never arrested for the purported heinous murder. On July 21, 2009, he was charged with one count of first-degree murder in Cook County Circuit Court. Macedo had not been seen in the Chicago area since the alleged attack.

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Considered armed and extremely dangerous, FBI officials said the former Oak Lawn man was arrested by federal Mexican immigration officers, working with the FBI’s legal attache office at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. Macedo is currently in the custody of the FBI and is expected to be turned over to local authorities upon his extradition to the United States.

FBI Special Agent Garrett Croon said that Macedo was taken into custody at a business in Jalisco, where he was employed as a blue collar worker. Croon would not divulge the name of the business, but said someone there recognized him.

"Tips were coming into the FBI's Chicago office," Croon said. "They were transferred to the FBI's legal attache in Mexico City. We worked with Mexican law enforcement to bring him in."

Macedo was placed on the FBI’s infamous “Ten Most Wanted” list in May 2016. At the time, federal authorities believed Macedo was holed up somewhere in the southeast United States or Mexico, where he was said to have friends and relatives. He was the 507th person to be placed on the notorious ten most wanted list, which was established in 1950.

"The atrocious violent acts committed by Luis Macedo, and his unwise decision to evade law enforcement, are the reasons why the FBI has established a ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list,” FBI Chicago Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Anderson said in a news release.. “The FBI will continue to devote all necessary resources to bringing these dangerous individuals to justice.”

The search for Macedo was coordinated by the Chicago FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force, which is comprised of FBI Special Agents, Detectives from the Chicago Police Department, and Cook County Sheriff’s Police Investigators. Additional information concerning Macedo and the FBI’s list of “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” can be found by visiting the FBI’s website.

"The apprehension of Luis Macedo for the barbaric acts he committed in Chicago is one of the best examples of how partnership at every level of government can work together to make our city safer," said Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson. "I would like to thank the FBI for their tireless pursuit of Mr. Macedo and for helping us to hold him accountable for his actions."