Mexican authorities have arrested a former university professor who is guilty of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list of the resort city of Playa del Carmen.
Prosecutor Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres said Walter Lee Williams, aged 64, on charges of sexual exploitation of children was wanted to travel abroad for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with children.
Garcia said Williams was arrested late Tuesday, sipping coffee in the Caribbean beach town near a park.
"This man is wanted by the FBI because he was with the sexual exploitation of children," Garcia told reporters.
He said it was not clear how long Williams had been living in Playa del Carmen also has a fugitive address, near Cancun, where he was taken to be turned over to Mexican immigration officials.
Garcia did not say whether Williams suspected of having committed any crime in Mexico.
A federal arrest warrant issued by former Palm Springs, California, living in Los Angeles in April, according to the FBI's website.
The indictment charges Williams from Los Angeles to the Philippines in January 2011 to 2011 in 2010, he met online two 14-year-old boy to have sex, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement on Monday.
In the Philippines, Williams suspected of engaging in sex with two boys and a boy explicit photos. Williams fled the Los Angeles area after returning from the Philippines about a week, it added.
Until 2011, Williams was a tenured professor, University of Southern California, where his research area is gender development. Williams is also affiliated with the Buddhist Association of General Los Angeles, California, according to the FBI.
"Williams has an extensive history toured Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines," the FBI said. "According to reports, he lived in Indonesia, Polynesia, and Thailand."
Williams said the FBI wanted list of the top ten last Monday.
"I analyzed the computer and the camera belonging to Williams and found child pornography," Special Agent Yesensky said Jeff Williams video posted on the FBI's website on Monday drew attention to the situation.
 



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