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FBI Most Wanted Suspect in Deadly Federal Way Bar Shooting Captured in Mexico

Samuel Ramirez Jr. was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list with a $1 million reward before his arrest in Mexico and return to face charges for a 2023 double murder in Federal Way.

  • Samuel Ramirez Jr., one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, arrived in Seattle on Thursday after being apprehended in Culiacán, Mexico, following nearly three years as a fugitive.
  • Ramirez is accused of killing bartenders Katie Duhnke and Jessyca Hohn during a May 21, 2023, shooting at the Stars Bar & Grill in Federal Way, Washington, after a dispute escalated.
  • Mexican authorities apprehended Ramirez on March 10, just 1 hour and 13 minutes after the FBI added him to the Ten Most Wanted list carrying a $1 million reward.
  • Ramirez remains held on $5 million bail at the King County Correctional Facility while awaiting his arraignment in King County Superior Court sometime this month.
  • Federal Way Police Chief Andy Hwang credited the 'swift coordination among local, federal, and international law enforcement' for facilitating the suspect's capture and return.
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Federal Way double murder suspect captured in Mexico

One hour and 13 minutes after the suspect was placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, he was captured in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.

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New gesture by Claudia Sheinbaum's government to the United States. Mexican authorities have captured Samuel Ramírez Jr., one of the 10 most wanted fugitives by the FBI, in Culiacán, Sinaloa, as confirmed by U.S. Secretary of Security Omar García Harfuch, in a brief media release. Ramírez Jr. has been at large for almost three years, persecuted for his alleged involvement in the murder of two women in late May 2023. U.S. authorities offered a mi…

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Samuel Ramírez Jr., accused of the crime of 2 women, remained at large for almost three years before being located and arrested in Mexican territory

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King5 News broke the news in Seattle, United States on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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