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A man accused of a vicious double murder on Long Island has been arrested.

Police in Nicaragua say they have apprehended alleged MS-13 gang member Juan Elias Garcia, one of the criminals on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. The 21-year-old was added to the list this week, four years after allegedly luring his girlfriend Vanessa Argueta and her 2-year-old son into the woods in Central Islip.

Investigators say Garcia and other gang members shot Argueta because she befriended another gang.

Garcia allegedly shot 2-year-old Diego so he wouldn't one day seek revenge.

An FBI spokesman says it's not yet clear how long Garcia was in Nicaragua, or if he spent time anywhere else. He's originally from El Salvador.

The FBI put a $100,000 bounty on Garcia two days ago, and officials say he was detained near the U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua and immediately turned over to the FBI.

Garcia is scheduled to be at the U.S. District Court in Central Islip on Monday morning. 

A man accused of a vicious double murder on Long Island has been arrested.    Police in Nicaragua say they have apprehended alleged MS-13 gang member Juan Elias Garcia, one of the criminals on the FBI's

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At least we'll have that sunshine to kick off your Thursday. So in the morning, we're in the twenties in the afternoon, Kings Park 41 degrees. It will become mostly cloudy again. Uh Tomorrow is very similar to today. We could have a couple of flurries in the afternoon, not a big deal. And then we have sunshine and warmer weather on the way. Look at our numbers the next few days. They're on the rise, especially Saturday to Sunday, Sunday. We are near 60 degrees, but our weather will slow, go downhill through the day. So at the bus stop in the morning, 28 heading home from school 42. With that passing flurry, you can see that we are dry to wake up. The blue color is showing you that cold weather in place. Three o'clock in the afternoon. We have those thirties to near 40 at night into Friday morning, not as cold thirties. And then we get up into the upper forties nearing 50 by Friday afternoon. It's dry with more of a southwest wind. Saturday is my pick of the week. It will be beautiful, sunny and warm Sunday starts out dry with some sun, the breeze out of the south will pick up through the day. Late afternoon. There may be a very brief shower, but you see most of the rain is just sitting off to our west throughout the day and it will approach late in the evening. This is nine o'clock. We have that rain in New Jersey to New York City on our door up most of the rainfalls overnight. So most of us will be sleeping through it. It could be heavy at times with gusty winds and it's out of here by Monday morning, Monday afternoon will improve, but we'll have some lingering gusty winds. So get ready for a cold night. We see those warming temperatures through the weekend with that rain. Sunday night, Monday morning could be a little bit wet and windy with sunshine.

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Alleged gang member, FBI most wanted suspect Juan Elias Garcia arrested in Nicaragua