The Trump administration worked with the Mexican government to arrest another person on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list, U.S. officials told CBS News on Saturday.
The FBI extradited 27-year-old Alejandro Rosales Castillo, who nine years ago killed Truc Quan “Sandy” Ly Le, a woman who worked at a North Carolina restaurant.
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In 2016, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Le, 23, was Castillo’s ex-girlfriend. Authorities found his vehicle at a bus stop in Phoenix, Arizona on August 15, 2016, and his body was found on August 17, 2016, in a wooded area in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, with a gunshot wound to the head, The Charlotte Observer reported at the time.
The case was featured on the true crime show, “In Pursuit with John Walsh,” in 2020. Castillo, who officials said is a U.S. citizen, was added to the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list in 2017.
Castillo was arrested in Mexico on Friday and will be extradited to North Carolina, officials told CBS News.
Another person involved in the case, Ahmia Feaster, fled to Mexico and turned herself into authorities in Aguas Calientes, Mexico, in October 2017, CBS affiliate WBTV reported at the time.
Authorities have placed five people on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list in the past year.
In March, Mexico extradited Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, the top MS-13 leader believed to be directing gang activity in the United States, Mexico and El Salvador, after he was arrested in Veracruz, officials said.