An illegal alien who fled the United States for Mexico sometime after mid-2023 is set to be extradited to the United States to face first-degree murder charges in connection with the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Emma Shafer in Springfield, Illinois.

On Friday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the federal government is working with Mexican authorities to have Gabriel P. Calixto extradited to the United States to face charges that he stabbed Shafer, his ex-girlfriend, to death in her apartment in July 2023.

Calixto was captured by Mexican law enforcement on August 28, 2025.

“The vicious illegal alien murderer who has been evading justice for two years after stabbing 24-year-old Emma Shafer has been arrested,” Noem said in a statement.

“We will c

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