AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety said Tuesday its Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Program, with DPS and its partnering agencies, arrested 65 of the state’s most wanted fugitives, sex offenders and criminal illegal immigrants in 2025. In addition to the 65 captures, a total of $41,000 in reward money was paid to 11 anonymous tipsters for information that led to the arrests.
“Texas is a law-and-order state, and the Texas Department of Public Safety is committed to working with our law enforcement partners and the public to keep it that way,” said Floyd Goodwin, Criminal Investigations Division chief.
“That commitment is what helped ... bring dozens of the state’s top criminals back into custody last year,” Goodwin said, “and DPS looks forward to partnering with the public and law enforcement at the local, state, federal and international level to keep that momentum going in 2026.”
The 65 criminals captured in 2025 included 28 convicted sex offenders and 13 criminal illegal immigrants. 62 arrests occurred in Texas, one in Louisiana, one in Oklahoma and another in Mexico.
The 13 criminal illegal immigrants captured had nationalities from six different countries, including five from Mexico, three from Honduras, two from El Salvador, one from Iraq, one from Cuba and one from Cameroon.
DPS investigators work with local law enforcement agencies to select fugitives for the “Most Wanted” lists — criminals who pose the most significant threat to public safety. The current lists, with photos, can be found on the DPS website.
Funded by the Governor’s Public Safety Office, Crime Stoppers offers rewards to any person who provides information that leads to the arrest of one of the most wanted fugitives or sex offenders.
To be eligible for cash rewards, tipsters must provide information to authorities using one of the following three methods: Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800252-TIPS (8477); Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about then clicking on the link under their picture; Submit a Facebook tip by clicking the “SUBMIT A TIP” link (under the “About” section).
All tips are anonymous regardless of how they are submitted. Tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name. For details on the fugitives captured in 2025 as part of the Texas 10 Most Wanted Program, visit the captured fugitive archive.
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