Fugitives

John Demjanjuk, who is accused of being a Nazi death camp guard, arrived in Germany on Tuesday from the United States to face charges that he participated in the killing of 29,000 Jews in 1943. Demjanjuk is No. 1 on a list of most-wanted war crimes suspects compiled by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Here are some of the others. DR. SANDOR KEPIRO Suspected of committing genocide against Jews and Serbs during a raid by Hungarian forces into Serbia in 1942 that prosecutors say killed at least 2,000 people.

Police continued their search Saturday for Marcus Fisher, the ex-boyfriend of the mother of a 6-year-old boy whose battered body was found in a South Los Angeles home. Meanwhile, an autopsy on Dae'von Bailey, whose body was found on the floor Thursday by relatives, could be performed as early as this morning, a coroner's official said. Lt. Vincent Neglia of the Los Angeles Police Department's Abused Child Unit said the boy had numerous injuries on his body in various states of healing, indicating that he was hurt over an extended period.

One of Italy's most wanted mafia bosses was arrested near Naples, police said. Salvatore Russo, 51, regarded as one of the 30 most wanted and dangerous mafia fugitives, had been on the run since 1995. A leading boss of the Camorra organized crime syndicate, which operates in and around Naples, Russo had been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for murder and criminal association. "This is a very heavy blow for the Camorra. We are closing the net on the super-fugitives," said Interior Minister Roberto Maroni.

Mexico has extradited 11 fugitives, accused of crimes including murder, sex offenses, drug trafficking and money laundering, to face trial in the United States, the Justice Department said. Justice said Mexico has extradited a record 100 fugitives to the United States this year. The fugitives include two wanted in Southern California: Gabriel Cabrera Lopez, charged in Riverside County for sex offenses against a child, and Arnoldo Vargas Esteves, charged in Riverside County with murder.

A Marine from the city of West Jordan has been placed on a list of fugitives after being declared a deserter for a second time just days before military court proceedings stemming from his earlier disappearance in Iraq. A mug shot of Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, 24, has been posted on a Navy criminal justice website, which says he now uses the alias "Jafar." Hassoun was an Arabic translator in Iraq when he first disappeared from his post. He turned up in Lebanon, saying he had been kidnapped.

The day before Cpl. Cesar A. Laurean fled amid the search for a pregnant Marine who had accused him of rape, he told his wife that the woman was dead, according to a sheriff's affidavit. Christina S. Laurean waited a day before telling police. At the time, authorities were searching for Lance. Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, who had accused Cpl. Laurean of twice raping her. She had been missing 27 days.

For more than two decades, Imad Mughniyah was among the most wanted terrorists on Earth, a top Hezbollah commander with close ties to Iranian intelligence, pursued by the United States, Israel and other nations for attacks that killed hundreds of their civilians and soldiers. Known as the Fox, Mughniyah was a frustratingly elusive figure to his pursuers -- accused of many acts of terrorism, convicted of none.

Jason Vonstraussenburg worked at UC Santa Barbara for 14 years, a skilled technician who could whip together repairs on complicated pieces of lab equipment when scientists needed them in a hurry. At 61, he was a genial colleague, a homeowner, an avid metal sculptor, a father, a husband and a registered Republican. He was everything, police said, except Jason Vonstraussenburg.

The long hunt for a man regarded as one of the world's most notorious arms dealers climaxed Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand, where an eight-month sting operation by a team of U.S. agents led to the capture and arrest of Russian businessman Viktor Bout during an alleged attempt to supply Colombian rebels with weapons and explosives. Bout was taken into custody by Thai police at a luxury hotel in Bangkok, where, U.S.

If Al Qaeda strikes the West in the coming months, it's likely the mastermind will be a stocky Egyptian explosives expert with two missing fingers. His alias is Abu Ubaida al Masri. Hardly anyone has heard of him outside a select circle of anti-terrorism officials and Islamic militants. But as chief of external operations for Al Qaeda, investigators say, he has one of the most dangerous -- and endangered -- jobs in international terrorism.