Exclusive: FBI captures longtime fugitive in Honduras in connection with 2000 killing of Philadelphia girl

Alexis Flores was taken into custody on Wednesday, the FBI told Fox News Digital. He was wanted for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution (UFAP) in relation to the killing, the FBI said. 

"After more than 25 years on the run, this arrest shows that time and distance do not shield violent offenders from justice," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Thanks to relentless work by our international partners and FBI personnel, a fugitive accused of an unthinkable crime against a child is now in custody and on a path back to the United States."

The girl was reported missing on July 29, 2000, and was later found strangled to death in a nearby apartment days later. 

Flores was listed on the FBI's Most Wanted list from 2007 through March 2025.  He was removed based on overall program review by the bureau's Criminal Investigative Division in an ongoing process to ensure the list remains agile and current. 

The FBI has made a series of arrests of fugitives on its Most Wanted list in recent months. 

Wedding, who was suspected of drug trafficking, is believed to have been hiding in Mexico for more than a decade in an effort to elude U.S. authorities. 

Since the start of the Trump administration, the FBI has captured six of the bureau's most-wanted fugitives, Patel said last week. 

"We will continue to pursue those who harm our most vulnerable, no matter where they hide," he said.