# US dual citizen extradited to El Salvador, accused of killing son’s mother and abandoning toddler: DOJ

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/us-dual-citizen-extradited-to-el-salvador-accused-of-killing-sons-mother-and-abandoning-toddler-doj/
- Published: 2026-10-29T22:37:56+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T23:55:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-dual-citizen-extradited-el-salvador-accused-killing-sons-mother-abandoning-toddler-doj
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Dual US-Salvadoran citizen extradited to El Salvador.
- He faces charges over a 2019 killing.
- The case marks a first for US extradition of a citizen to El Salvador.

## Summary

Michael Alejandro Castillo Murga, a 27-year-old dual US-Salvadoran citizen from California, has been extradited to El Salvador to face charges over the 2019 killing of Melvi Fernanda Nájera Quezada. The Department of Justice says this is the first time the United States has surrendered an American citizen for prosecution over crimes committed in El Salvador.

Salvadoran authorities allege Castillo Murga killed Nájera Quezada, 23, after collecting her and their young son, then left the child near her body. The boy was found days later in poor condition; investigators cite phone location data, witness accounts and a photograph as evidence. US Marshals arrested Castillo Murga in October 2024, and US courts rejected his challenges to extradition before his transfer to Salvadoran custody.

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