Exclusive: FBI captures longtime fugitive in Honduras in connection with 2000 killing of Philadelphia girl

EXCLUSIVE: A fugitive antecedently connected the FBI's Most Wanted database for the kidnapping and execution of a 5-year-old Philadelphia miss has been arrested successful Honduras. 

Alexis Flores was taken into custody connected Wednesday, the FBI told Fox News Digital. He was wanted for unlawful formation to debar prosecution (UFAP) successful narration to the killing, the FBI said. 

"After much than 25 years connected the run, this apprehension shows that clip and region bash not shield convulsive offenders from justice," FBI Director Kash Patel said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "Thanks to relentless enactment by our planetary partners and FBI personnel, a fugitive accused of an unthinkable transgression against a kid is present successful custody and connected a way backmost to the United States."

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Alexis Flores was antecedently a apical 10 FBI fugitive, according to officials. He was arrested Wednesday successful Honduras successful transportation with the 2000 execution of a young miss successful Philadelphia.  (FBI and Google Maps)

The miss was reported missing connected July 29, 2000, and was aboriginal recovered strangled to decease successful a adjacent flat days later. 

On March 22, 2007, an apprehension warrant was obtained by authorities aft Flores was charged with execution and different felonies.  On the aforesaid date, a national apprehension warrant was issued aft Flores was charged with UFAP.

Flores was listed connected the FBI's Most Wanted database from 2007 done March 2025.  He was removed based connected wide programme reappraisal by the bureau's Criminal Investigative Division successful an ongoing process to guarantee the database remains agile and current. 

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Alexis Flores was a antecedently listed arsenic a apical 10 FBI fugitive, according to officials. (FBI)

The FBI has made a bid of arrests of fugitives connected its Most Wanted database successful caller months. 

In January, the bureau announced the apprehension of Alejandro Rosales Castillo, who had been among the Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives since 2017. He had been wanted successful the 2016 execution of his erstwhile co-worker, 23-year-old "Sandy" Ly Le, successful Charlotte, North Carolina.

Also successful January, erstwhile Canadian Olympic snowboarder and FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive Ryan Wedding was captured successful Mexico.

Wedding, who was suspected of cause trafficking, is believed to person been hiding successful Mexico for much than a decennary successful an effort to elude U.S. authorities. 

Ryan Wedding, wanted by the FBI, was seen taking a signifier tally for the men's parallel elephantine slalom of the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Games successful Park City, Feb. 13, 2002. (FBI | REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell)

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Since the commencement of the Trump administration, the FBI has captured six of the bureau's most-wanted fugitives, Patel said past week. 

"We volition proceed to prosecute those who harm our astir vulnerable, nary substance wherever they hide," helium said.