FIRST ON FOX: FBI Director Kash Patel has dramatically expanded direct outreach to foreign partners in an effort to bring international fugitives back to the United States, with FBI data exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital showing he made 100 calls to international partners in his first 18 months, compared with nine by his predecessor during the final 18 months of the Biden administration.Compared to the last 18 months of the Biden administration, extraditions were up 65% and FTOCs — where a fugitive or suspect is apprehended overseas and transferred into U.S.custody — are up 54%, the FBI said.In that time, the FBI has executed 157 extraditions and 86 FTOCs.FBI BRINGS BACK FUGITIVE ACCUSED IN $3.7B MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME AFTER CAPTURE IN TURKEYFILE - FBI Director Kash Patel touted the agency's facilitation of foreign transfers of custody and the uptick in extraditions of high-profile targets seeking to evade U.S.
justice abroad.(Win McNamee / Getty Images)"When I became FBI Director, I made clear that we would relentlessly manhunt high‑value targets from overseas, and we’ve delivered," FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital.
"It’s a direct result of President [Donald] Trump’s relationships with foreign governments, which allow us to work in spaces where we were never permitted to before — and Attorney General Todd Blanche’s leadership giving us the legal tools we need to return these subjects back to America to face charges.""These targets are literally the worst of the worst and we will give them no sanctuary," Patel added.MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING WIFE ON WEDDING NIGHT BROUGHT BACK TO US AFTER YEARS ON THE RUN IN MEXICOAlexis Flores was previously a top 10 FBI fugitive, according to officials.He was arrested Wednesday in Honduras in connection with the 2000 murder of a young girl in Philadelphia.
(FBI and Google Maps)On Monday, a Honduran citizen on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list was extradited to Philadelphia following 25 years...