Could you use some extra spending money?
On September 16, 2025, the U.S. government put out a $5 million reward for 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, 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.
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