Edsel Torres Gomez

Edsel Torres Gomez a.k.a. "Negri" (born c. 1962) is a Puerto Rican alleged former drug dealer who was on the FBI most wanted list for four years and is now serving prison time in Mississippi.

Criminal career Torres Gomez was born in Caguas and resided at the public housing complex known as "Residencial Jose Gautier Benitez."

He was on the FBI most wanted list for four years and was also the most wanted Puerto Rican fugitive. He allegedly was the mastermind of the Cayey Massacre, in which four men were kidnapped and murdered over stolen drugs valued at about $7 million dollars (in 1994 money). One of the men, Angel Castro-Alifonso, was the main intended kidnap victim, while three other men were innocent bystanders and were showing Castro-Alifonso realty property when he was shot and they were taken. The United States sought the death penalty against Torres Gomez; Torres Gomez and his attorneys fought against it. As of 2023, Edsel Torres Gomez was incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution in Yazoo City, Mississippi. He was scheduled to be released in 2024. His federal Inmate register Number is: 16156-069.