One of the FBI's most wanted men has been arrested by police in Nicaragua. Eric Justin Toth, who was sought on child pornography charges, was taken into custody in the northern city of Esteli on Saturday, police said.
The former school teacher and camp counsellor had been living under an assumed identity in thecity since October, said national police chief Aminta Granera.
The suspect was transferred to Managua where he was presented to the press ahead of his extradition from the Central American nation. Granera said Toth resisted arrest,but she did not detail how, before he was subdued and then transferred to Managua.
The police chief said that the suspect, who was wearing light-coloured trousers and a short-sleeved shirt, would be deported immediately. He has been on the FBI Most Wanted list since April 2012, when he replaced Osama bin Laden on the list.
He arrived in Nicaragua for the first time on October 24, 2012, left the country January 27 of thisyear and then re-entered the country February 12 with false identification belonging to another US national, police added.
The FBI said on its website that Toth was a computer "expert ... wanted for allegedly possessing child pornography in Washington, DC."
"It is alleged that in June of 2008,pornographic images were found on a school camera that had been in Toth's possession. Toth also allegedly produced child pornography in Maryland," the US federal police agency added.
A $100,000 (£65,000) FBI rewardhad been posted for information leading to his arrest.
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