Walter Yovany Gomez

Walter Yovany Gomez is a Honduran American criminal and member of the MS-13 gang who was added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List on April 12, 2017, for murdering Julio Matute in Plainfield, New Jersey on May 8, 2011. He was captured in August 2017 in Woodbridge, Virginia, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Early years Gomez was born in Honduras in the 1980s. At some point, he illegally immigrated to the United States and lived in New Jersey. Beginning in December 2008, Gomez got involved in racketeering. While they were talking, Gomez and Flores struck Matute with a bat, sliced his throat, and stabbed him 17 times with a screwdriver. The men then fled the scene. Matute's body was found on the afternoon of May 15 and was identified three days later. Following the murder, Gomez went on the run.

Arrest On August 11, 2017, FBI and ICE agents arrested Gomez in Woodbridge, Virginia. The FBI was able to track Gomez down using facial recognition technology and via a tip from an unknown individual. Gomez was placed on trial for the racketeering and murder charges and was found guilty. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.