US EditionFBI captures Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive in Mexico sought over 2016 murder of NC co-worker
Alejandro Rosales Castillo, wanted for a 2016 Charlotte murder, was the fifth FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive captured since 2025, FBI officials said.
- The FBI Charlotte Field Office announced Saturday the arrest of Alejandro "Alex" Rosales Castillo in Mexico after a long hunt.
- Castillo had been wanted for the 2016 murder of Truc Quan `Sandy` Ly Le and faced a state warrant from November 2, 2016 and a federal warrant from Feb. 10, 2017.
- U.S. and Mexican authorities coordinated via the FBI Law Enforcement Attache Office in Mexico City, Agencia de Investigación Criminal-INTERPOL, and Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana, aided by a $250,000 reward, to locate Castillo.
- He is detained in Mexico City pending extradition to North Carolina, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Estella D. Patterson said this effort sends a clear message that violent crimes cannot outrun justice.
- Officials noted it is the fifth Ten Most Wanted Fugitive captured under this FBI since last year, with Castillo as the 516th person on the list.
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One of FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives CAUGHT
Mexican military and police have arrested a man accused in the 2016 murder of a young woman in the United States, where the FBI had named him one of its 10 most wanted fugitives, authorities said on Saturday. Alejandro Rosales Castillo, a 27-year-old American, is accused of killing Truc Quan “Sandy” Ly Le, a woman with whom he worked at a restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina. ‘Red notice’ Castillo was captured on Friday in the city of Pachuca…
Alejandro Rosales Castillo, one of the ten most wanted fugitives by the FBI for a murder in 2016, was arrested on Saturday in Mexico by military and police officers. ...
The FBI had suspended a reward of $250,000 on him, and now Alejandro Rosales Castillo has been arrested in Mexico. Among other things, the U.S. citizen is to be prosecuted for murder and kidnapping.
The FBI offered a $250,000 reward for any information leading to his arrest.
Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Captured in Mexico: FBI
After nearly a decade on the run, a top 10 most wanted fugitive has been captured by the FBI, the agency announced Saturday. The suspect, Alejandro Rosales Castillo, was caught on surveillance footage crossing the border from Arizona into Mexico on Aug. 16, 2016. He becomes the fifth fugitive on the 10 most wanted list to be caught by the FBI since the beginning of 2025, which is more in one year than the entirety of the previous four years, age…
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