FBI captures Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive in Mexico sought over 2016 murder of NC co-worker

The FBI announced on Saturday that it had arrested Alejandro Rosales Castillo, who has been a Ten Most Wanted Fugitive since 2017. 

FBI Director Kash Parel said Castillo was arrested in Mexico on Friday. He had been wanted in connection to the 2016 murder of his former co-worker, 23-year-old "Sandy" Ly Le, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

"Alejandro Castillo is the fifth FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive captured since last year, more than the entire previous four years combined. That reflects leadership, not luck," Patel told Fox News Digital. "When law enforcement is given clear backing and the freedom to act, results follow. The work of the FBI Charlotte field office, our state and local partners, and Mexican authorities was exceptional, and this arrest finally opens the door to long-overdue justice for Sandy Ly Le’s family."

Rep. Pat Harrington, R-N.C., praised the capture and thanked the FBI's Charlotte field office for working to pursue Castillo.

"Nearly nine years after a Charlotte murder, the man responsible is finally in custody," Harrington wrote on X. "Grateful for the persistence of [FBI Charlotte], CMPD, and our federal partners who never stopped working to bring justice home to North Carolina."

Castillo was added to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list in October 2017.

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