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A man on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list, who authorities said killed a Charlotte woman in 2016, was caught Friday in Mexico.
According to the FBI, Mexican authorities arrested 27-year-old Alejandro Castillo. He is being held in a Mexico City prison pending extradition to face a judge in North Carolina.
According to the FBI, special agents and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s task force officers worked countless hours for a decade to find Castillo.
“This case shows the power of collaboration among law enforcement agencies at every level,” said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Chief of Police Estella D. Patterson. “Working together, CMPD and our partners will go to great lengths to hunt fugitives down and ensure justice is served.”
Castillo is accused of murdering 23-year-old Truc Quan “Sandy” Ly Le. Authorities discovered her body in 2016 in a wooded area of Cabarrus County. Authorities said Castillo and Le worked together at a Charlotte restaurant and had previously dated.
Castillo owed Le about $1,000, and text messages showed they agreed to meet in Charlotte on Aug. 9, 2016, so he could repay her, authorities said. Instead, he forced her to withdraw money from an ATM, drove her to a wooded area outside Charlotte, shot her in the head and dumped her body in a ravine, authorities said.
Castillo and his new girlfriend, Ahmia Feaster, then fled North Carolina in Le’s car, which was later found at a bus station in Arizona, authorities said. It took authorities a week to find and identify Le’s body.
Castillo was added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List in 2017.
Feaster and Castillo later separated, and she turned herself in to the police. Feaster was charged with felony accessory after the fact and felony larceny of a motor vehicle. Court records show she has a review hearing scheduled for June 11.
Castillo is facing a first-degree murder charge at the state level and was federally charged with “unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.” It is not clear if he will face additional charges.
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