Overview

• Springfield Police, the Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office, and the U.S. Marshals Service announced the arrest of 27-year-old Gabriel P. Calixto, who faces three counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated domestic battery.
• Authorities have not disclosed when or where in Mexico the arrest occurred, and no court date has been set.
• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the U.S. will coordinate extradition proceedings to bring Calixto back to Illinois.
• Noem used the arrest to renew criticism of Illinois’ sanctuary policies and called on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to abandon them.
• Noem’s May claim that the suspect was “probably in the state” had been disputed by local police, and the arrest in Mexico highlights that earlier disagreement.