Near sports recreation park named Polideportivo Chulavista, he started playing baseball, but later his goalkeeper talent was discovered.
Flores made his debut for Honduras in a January 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Brazil and had earned a total of 22 caps, scoring no goals.
One of the most famous games Chocolate ever played was against Brazil for the Panamericanos Of Mar del Plata, Argentina, where he stopped 3 penalties and scored the goal that passed Honduras to the next stage.
He was killed by automatic weapons fire[6] as he was allegedly engaged in a sexual act in his parked car in La Unión, the red light district of San Pedro Sula.
Soccer players, friends, TV reporters from national and international channels and family gathered to say farewell.