AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced a successful year for its 10 Most Wanted Program, capturing 65 fugitives in 2025.
The arrests included Texas’ Most Wanted Fugitives, Sex Offenders, and Criminal Illegal Immigrants, according to a press release from the department.
“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 Criminal Investigations Division Chief Floyd Goodwin.
The program’s success was bolstered by partnerships with local, state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies.
In addition to the captures, $41,000 in reward money was distributed to 11 anonymous tipsters whose information led to the arrests. Among the 65 criminals apprehended were 28 convicted sex offenders and 13 criminal illegal immigrants. The arrests took place across Texas, with additional captures in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Mexico.
The 13 criminal illegal immigrants hailed from six countries, including Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Iraq, Cuba, and Cameroon. The program, funded by the Governor’s Public Safety Office, offers rewards for information leading to arrests.
DPS investigators collaborate with local agencies to identify fugitives posing significant threats to public safety. Current lists of wanted individuals are available on the DPS website. Tips can be submitted anonymously via the Crime Stoppers hotline, the DPS website, or Facebook.
The 2025 captures involved numerous partner agencies, including the DPS Criminal Investigations Division, Texas Highway Patrol, Texas Rangers, DPS Aircraft Operations Division, DPS Homeland Security Division, Austin Police Department, Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, Brazos County Sheriff’s Office, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office (Louisiana), Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, Cherokee Nation Marshal Service – Special Applications Branch (SAB), City of Dallas Fire Marshal’s Office, Corsicana Police Department, Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, Dallas County Marshal’s Office, Dallas Police Department, DeSoto Police Department, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Dallas, Fort Worth Police Department, Garland Police Department, Grimes County Sheriff’s Office, Haltom City Police Department, Harris County Constable’s Office Pct 1, Harris County Constable’s Office Pct 4, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Henderson County SWAT, Houston Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Hutchins Police Department, Irving Police Department, Jacksonville Police Department, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office, Kaufman County SWAT, Lancaster Police Department, Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, Lorenzo Police Department, Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office, Mansfield Police Department, Mesquite Police Department, Mexican Law Enforcement, Milam County Sheriff’s Office, Montgomery County Constable’s Office Pct. 3, Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office, Palmview Police Department, Pasadena Police Department, Rusk County Sheriff’s Office, San Angelo Police Department, San Antonio Police Department, Stilwell Police Department (Oklahoma), TDCJ-Office of Inspector General (OIG), Texas Attorney General’s Office, Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force, U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force, U.S. Marshals Service Northern Oklahoma Violent Crimes Task Force and the Waller County Sheriff’s Office.