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FBI offers $50,000 reward for information on fugitive years after murder of National Guard official

The FBI said Mr Matos was declared wanted for his role in the murder of Mr Carvajal in 2021.

• July 4, 2026
Joseph Matos and FBI
Joseph Matos and FBI

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has offered a $50,000 reward for whoever is able to provide information that would lead to the arrest of fugitive Joseph Matos over the murder of a National Guard official, Chrys Carvajal.

The FBI said Mr Matos was declared wanted for his role in the murder of Mr Carvajal in 2021.

“The FBI offers a reward of up to $50,000 for info leading to the arrest and conviction of Joseph Matos, wanted for his alleged involvement in the murder of a National Guard member in Chicago, Illinois, on July 3, 2021,” the FBI said on Friday.

The bureau said it increased the reward for informants, “nearly five years after 19-year-old Chrys Carvajal was gunned down in a senseless act of gang violence.”

The FBI said it “is renewing its call for justice with an increased reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of fugitive Joseph Matos.”

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