I FBI:s arkiv

The FBI Files

Griselle Gonzalez död, ett nyckelvittne i mordrättegången mot Jose Luis Lebron, får utredarna att misstänka poliskorruption.

När James DeBardeleben II greps för förfalskning upptäckte polisen att han också var en serievåldtäktsman och mördare som var efterlyst i sju stater.

En man rånar Wells Fargo Bank i Albuquerque den tionde augusti 1999 och påstår att pengarna skulle användas för att ge fattiga mexikanska barn mat.

Behind the scenes of major case investigations.

Den fjärde juli 1987 bryter sig en dömd mördare in i datorrummet i ett fängelse i New Mexico och befriar sex andra fångar.

Paul John Knowles' horrific crime spree in 1974, which included serial rape, multiple murders and robbery.

Den 27 januari 2001 mördas två älskade professorer vid Dartmouth College brutalt i sitt hem. Utredarna misstänker att tonåringar är gärningspersoner.

The crime spree of Paul John Knowles in 1974, which included serial rape, multiple murders, and robbery.

När en man anländer till sin mors hem inser han att bilen som står parkerad framför har en trasig ruta. När han går in i huset finner han sin mors livlösa kropp.

Den 12 augusti 1997 rånar en man med strumpmask, handskar och basebollhatt Norwest Bank i Scottsdale, Arizona.

In the late 1970s, the FBI had a working knowledge of anti-Castro terrorists operating in the United States. But then a new group appeared, more violent and aggressive than their predecessors.

In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, a legitimate Puerto Rican independence movement took hold in the United States. But a splinter terrorist group known as the FALN was suspected of executing hundreds of bombings in major US cities.

In the early 1990's Philadelphia became the scene of a bloody vendetta. The streets erupted in mob warfare. Authorities feared innocent people would be caught in the crossfire.

In the late 1980s the FBI matched wits with a cunning bank robber, a lone gunman responsible for the longest string of unsolved bank robberies in FBI history.

In Puerto Rico, a band of extremists waged a guerrilla war against the United States. Their goal, to make the island an independent nation, or die trying.

In the 1980s the drug trade ravaged Chicago's inner city neighborhoods. Heroin and cocaine sales soared. Violent crime threatened to destroy the community.

In the 1970's South America faced a surge of political kidnappings and assassinations. When the killings spilled onto U.S. soil it was time for the FBI to step in.

In 1980 the FBI faced the largest explosive device they had ever seen. The bomb was sophisticated, carefully constructed, and designed to destroy an entire building.

When the streets of New York flooded with crack cocaine in the 1980's a wave of violence threatened to drown the city. Colombian cartels brought the coke in and ran their operations with an iron fist.

In the 1980s, the drug trade in New York City was a nightmare. Dealers made millions. Street violence was out of control. The NYPD battled the drug gangs only to become their target.

In the ‘70s and ‘80s a gang of thugs wreaked havoc on the island of Puerto Rico. Organized, experienced and deadly they seemed beyond the reach of the law.

In the United States, identity theft costs citizens billions of dollars. In some cases, it costs the lives of innocent people.

In the southwest one serial bank robber claimed his loot went to the poor, but this thief was no folk hero. He had a gun and was willing to shoot.

In 1987 the New Mexico Penitentiary housed hundreds of violent offenders, rapists, killers, men the juries put behind bars to protect society. On July fourth, seven of those men escaped.

In Boston, FBI agents and local police tracked a gang of robbers who specialized in armored car takedowns. Their MO was familiar. The gang used precise timing to steal millions in cash and burned their getaway cars to destroy evidence.

Etna, New Hampshire is a small town. It's the kind of place where people trust their neighbors and leave their doors unlocked. A double murder shattered that trust and left the entire community terrified.

In Georgia, a series of bizarre shootings terrorized a small town. Two people were killed. Two others were critically wounded. At first, the shootings seemed targeted. Then they seemed random.

The United States is one of the most profitable drug markets in the world. For ruthless and sophisticated drug traffickers, it is truly the land of opportunity.