CRIME ON A GOVERNMENT RESERVATION - MURDER
CLAUDIO GUTIERREZ-CRUZ




Photograph taken in 2004
Aliases: Claudio Cruz, Claudio Gutierrez


DESCRIPTION

Date of Birth Used: December 3, 1967 Hair: Black
Place of Birth: Cadereyta, Queretaro, Mexico Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'4" Sex: Male
Weight: 135 pounds Race: White (Hispanic)
NCIC: W307729957 Nationality: Mexican
Occupations: Laborer, Field Worker
Scars and Marks: None known
Remarks: Gutierrez-Cruz is believed to be living on a ranch/farm in the Bella Vista Del Rio area of Cadereyta, Queretaro, Mexico, with his wife and three children. He grew up in this area and is reportedly one of the wealthier citizens in the area. Gutierrez-Cruz may be driving a newer model, maroon pick-up truck.


CAUTION

Claudio Gutierrez-Cruz is wanted for his alleged involvement in the murder of 44-year-old Francisco Lopez-Bautista. On June 14, 2005, Lopez-Bautista was shot while raking and collecting pine straw on the Fort Bragg, North Carolina military reservation. The suspect and his girlfriend own rights to collect the pine straw on the tract of land from which the victim was allegedly poaching. Collecting and selling pine straw is a thriving enterprise that yields a significant income for many collectors. Due to the demanding market and the price of pine straw, poaching has become lucrative.

Gutierrez-Cruz was charged federally with the unlawful killing of Francisco Lopez-Bautista with malice aforethought within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, namely Fort Bragg, North Carolina, by the use of a shotgun and perpetrated from a premeditated design constituting murder in the first degree. On June 22, 2005, a federal warrant was issued by the United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, for Gutierrez-Cruz's arrest.


SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.