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Authorities captured Alejandro “Alex” Rosales Castillo, one of many FBI’s 10 Most Wanted fugitives, in Mexico Friday.

The FBI, alongside with Mexican authorities, apprehended Alejandro Rosales Castillo in Pachuca, Hidalgo, after being on the FBI Most Wanted List since October 2017, the FBI announced Saturday.

Castillo is reportedly linked to the assassinate of co-employee, Truc Quan Ly “Sandy” Le, 23. Le became as soon as final seen on August 9, 2016. Police stumbled on her deceased in Cabarrus County on August 17, 2016, the liberate mentioned.

“Alejandro Castillo is the fifth FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive captured since final year, more than the entire earlier four years mixed. That displays leadership, no longer success,” FBI Director Kash Patel mentioned in the liberate.

“When legislation enforcement is given clear backing and the freedom to behave, outcomes discover. The work of the FBI Charlotte discipline office, our impart and native partners, and Mexican authorities became as soon as distinctive, and this arrest at final opens the door to long-previous due justice for Sandy Ly Le’s family.”

#BREAKING FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Alejandro Rosales Castillo Captured in Mexico. @FBICharlotte Special Agent in Charge James C. Barnacle Jr., and @CMPD Chief Estella D. Patterson instruct the grasp of Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Alejandro “Alex” Rosales Castillo.
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— FBI Charlotte (@FBICharlotte) January 17, 2026

The Unique York Post reported that Le agreed to meet Castillo at a gas role to get $1,000 that he owed her. Phoenix police later stumbled on her automobile abandoned. 

Two others were previously arrested in connection with Le’s loss of life. Ahmia Feaster, who had fled to Mexico, later was herself in, after which extradited wait on to North Carolina from Aguas Calientes. 

In March 2017, officers charged Felipe Ulloa with accent after the reality of assassinate, according to FOX 46. Ulloa, Le, and Calientes reportedly worked together at a cafe in Charlotte. 

Castillo is now waiting extradition to North Carolina from Mexico, according to the discipline office.

“The FBI and our partners on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Division believe worked tirelessly to gain and arrest Alex Castillo. For more than nine years, he lived a neatly-liked lifestyles, likely believing he would never be captured, but our experienced investigators never gave up the hunt for justice,” FBI Charlotte Special Agent in Charge James C. Barnacle Jr. mentioned.

“Sadly, Sandy’s family began one more fresh year without her, we hope shimmering her accused killer is in custody will present some diploma of solace now.”

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