His time on the run ended in July 2025, when police in Medellín, Colombia, encountered Hernandez and learned he was wanted in the United States based on an Interpol Red Notice issued by the FBI.
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted Hernandez the following month on four counts: enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place and possession of child pornography.
After extradition proceedings in Colombia, he was returned to the United States on Aug. 21 and made his initial appearance in federal court in Los Angeles three days later. Already a fugitive when the case against him became public in March 2023, Hernandez remains in federal custody pending trial.