US Extradites 27-Year-Old Dual Citizen to El Salvador in 2019 Femicide Case
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 29
US Extradites 27-Year-Old Dual Citizen to El Salvador in 2019 Femicide Case
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 29
Summary
Michael Alejandro Castillo Murga, 27, was handed to Salvadoran authorities on Wednesday to face aggravated femicide and imperfect homicide charges tied to a 2019 killing.
The Justice Department said the transfer is the first time the United States has extradited an American citizen for prosecution over crimes committed in El Salvador; Murga also holds Salvadoran citizenship.
Salvadoran investigators allege Murga killed 23-year-old Melvi Fernanda Nájera Quezada after picking her up with their son, then left the toddler near her body, where farmworkers later found him dehydrated, starving and injured.
Cellphone data, witness accounts and a photo allegedly showing blood on Murga helped link him to the case, while prosecutors say his grandmother and a lawyer helped clean his vehicle and aided his escape to Guatemala.
U.S. Marshals arrested Murga in October 2024, and after federal courts rejected his challenges in 2025 and 2026, the secretary of state approved his surrender.