Israeli on Interpol’s most wanted list

World police body issues its most severe arrest warrant for Israeli criminal Yoram El-Al at U.S. request
Amir Ben-David

The world police body Interpol has issued its most severe arrest warrant for Israeli criminal Yoram El-Al, Israel’s leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Thursday.

The warrant, known as “Red Notice,” was issued at the request of the U.S. after El-Al escaped from a Uruguayan prison, where he was awaiting extradition to the U.S. for drug and extortion offenses.

El-Al has long since been on Israel Police’s most wanted list; he is suspected of involvement in the attempted hit on local underworld kingpin Zeev Rosenstein some two years ago, during which three people lost their lives.

El-Al fled to the U.S. a short while after the botched assassination, where he became involved in various criminal activities and was forced to flee to Uruguay.

Two months ago he managed to escape a Uruguayan prison with the help of two locals impersonating police officers; the U.S. then turned to Interpol for assistance.

Now that the “Red Notice” warrant has been issued, it seems that it is only a matter of time before El-Al is picked up.