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The FBI added Joseph "Troubles" Matos, who has "MOST WANTED" tattooed on his stomach, to its Ten Most Wanted list in the 2021 killing of a Chicago National Guardsman.
The FBI said Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, that Matos, 44, is charged in the July 2021 shooting death of Illinois National Guard soldier Chrys Carvajal, 19, and raised the reward for information leading to his capture to up to $1 million, ABC News and the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Investigators believe he is hiding in the Chicago area.
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A spot on the Ten Most Wanted list is a manhunt tool, not a verdict. It puts Matos's face on every FBI platform and a $1 million reward on the table. The charges against him are federal racketeering-murder counts from a 2024 indictment that has never been tested in court because he has never been caught. His co-defendant is in custody and set for trial in February.
The FBI on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, added Joseph "Troubles" Matos, 44, to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, ABC News and the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Matos is wanted in the July 3, 2021, shooting death of Chrys Carvajal, a 19-year-old Illinois Army National Guard soldier who had just finished basic training and was home in Chicago, the FBI said. The bureau raised the reward for information leading to his capture from $50,000 to up to $1 million, ABC News reported.
Matos is charged with murder in aid of racketeering and murder through the use of a firearm, ABC News reported. An arrest warrant was issued for him and an associate, Gary "Gotti" Roberson, in May 2024 after a federal grand jury indictment, according to ABC News and the Sun-Times. Roberson was taken into custody days later and faces trial in February, the Sun-Times reported. Matos has not been found.
The FBI says Carvajal was shot at random in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood while walking to his car after a party. According to an FBI affidavit cited by the Sun-Times, Matos was driving a red Audi through rival gang territory when Roberson stepped out of the back seat and shot Carvajal near North Lockwood and West Belden avenues. Prosecutors allege the killing was meant to raise the two men's standing in the Milwaukee Kings street gang, where the FBI says Matos is a high-ranking member. The bureau said Carvajal had no criminal history and no gang ties. Those are the government's allegations.
"You cannot hide from the FBI," Ryan Whalen, special agent in charge of the FBI's Chicago Field Office, said at a Tuesday news conference, according to ABC News. "Whether you are close to home or in the furthest corner of the world, the FBI's reach has no limits." Whalen warned that anyone helping Matos avoid capture is committing a serious federal crime, ABC News reported.
The FBI describes Matos as 6 feet 2 inches tall and about 220 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, the Sun-Times reported. Besides "MOST WANTED" across his stomach, his tattoos include "M-Town Kings" on the right side of his neck, "1300" on the left side of his neck, "Heavensent, Hellbound" on his forearms, "Move in Silence" on his right hand and "Trust no one" on his left hand. The FBI said he has ties to Texas and California but is believed to be in the greater Chicago area.
Carvajal's sister, Jennifer Ramirez, asked anyone with information to come forward. "Nothing will ever bring my brother back, but justice would mean that his life matters," she said Tuesday, ABC News reported. The Sun-Times reported Carvajal had hoped to become a Chicago police officer. Matos has not entered a plea, and the indictment is an accusation, not proof. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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