FBI shares more about arrest of man wanted for 2016 Charlotte murder | Jan. 23, 2026

FBI Director Kash Patel is in Charlotte alongside local officials on Jan. 23, 2026, to discuss the recent arrest of a man in Mexico who was wanted for murder for nearly a decade. 27-year-old Alejandro "Alex" Rosales Castillo was one of the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted fugitives. He was arrested last week in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, according to the FBI Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The FBI's Law Enforcement Attache Office in Mexico City coordinated with Mexican authorities, including Agencia de Investigación Criminal-INTERPOL and the Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana, to locate and detain Castillo, according to the FBI. Castillo is being charged with murdering 23-year-old Truc Quan "Sandy" Ly Le in August 2016. The victim's body was found Aug. 17, 2016, in a wooded area in Cabarrus County with a gunshot wound to the head, the FBI said. Le's vehicle was initially found at a bus station in Phoenix, Arizona, on Aug. 15, 2016, according to the FBI. Castillo was last seen on surveillance video crossing the border from Nogales, Arizona, into Mexico on Aug. 16, 2016. For nearly 10 years, FBI special agents and CMPD task force officers worked to develop leads and find the fugitive, according to the FBI. MORE ONLINE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/alejandro-rosales-castillo-captured-fbi-top-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-cmpd/275-4063bc27-30b3-457a-ae2c-cec0887c9534