The FBI added Samuel Ramirez Jr to its Top Ten Most Wanted list on Tuesday morning and less than two hours later he was in handcuffs, an arrest of record-breaking speed.
After authorities captured Ramirez "without incident" in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, on 10 March, he was deported from Mexico to Washington state where he now faces murder charges, the US justice department said in a press release.
A warrant for Ramirez's arrest was issued in 2023 over the murder of two female victims at the Stars Bar and Grill in Federal Way, Washington, on 21 May.
His capture also came after the FBI had raised the reward amount for information leading to his arrest from up to $25,000 (£18,888) to $1,000,000.
The justice department said Ramirez was arrested one hour and 13 minutes after he was announced as the 538th addition to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. The previous record, set in 1969, was two hours.
