Overview
- Mexican authorities apprehended Alejandro “Alex” Rosales Castillo on January 16 in Pachuca, Hidalgo after a yearslong manhunt.
- Castillo is now held in Mexico City pending extradition to North Carolina to face a 2016 first-degree murder charge.
- Investigators say he crossed into Mexico from Nogales, Arizona on August 16, 2016, a day before Truc Quan “Sandy” Ly Le’s body was found in Cabarrus County.
- The FBI credits its Legat office in Mexico City, Interpol, and Mexico’s Security and Citizen Protection Agency with coordinating the capture.
- FBI Director Kash Patel and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police leadership hailed the case as a product of sustained interagency work, noting Castillo’s addition to the Ten Most Wanted list in 2017 and a 2017 federal unlawful-flight warrant.