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 schoolteacher and camp counsellor had been living under an assumed
identity in the city 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.
Ms
Granera said Toth resisted arrest, but she did not detail how, before he was
subdued and then transferred to Managua.
The
police chief said the suspect, who was wearing light-coloured trousers and a
short-sleeved shirt, would be deported immediately.
He
has been on the FBI's 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
on January 27 of this year and then re-entered on 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," the US federal police agency
added.
"Toth
also allegedly produced child pornography in Maryland."
A
$100,000 (£65,000) FBI reward had been posted for information leading to his
arrest.
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