California man extradited to El Salvador to face feminicide charges

SHOTS Desk · Thu · 29 Oct 2026 · 22:21 · Reported

Michael Alejandro Castillo Murga, 27, of Beaumont, a dual U.S.-Salvadoran citizen, has been surrendered to Salvadoran authorities to face charges of aggravated feminicide and imperfect homicide in the alleged 2019 killing of a woman in front of their toddler son, whom he then abandoned.

According to El Salvador's extradition request, Salvadoran authorities found the woman's body near a highway on Feb. 1, 2019. Three days later, farm workers found the boy, under age two, near the same site, severely dehydrated, starving, and showing signs of child abuse. An autopsy found the victim died from cuts to the veins in her neck; a plastic knife was found at the scene.

Castillo Murga had been in U.S. custody since October 2024. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym certified his extradition on July 28, 2025. U.S. District Judge John W. Holcomb denied a habeas corpus petition and later denied a stay of extradition. The Secretary of State issued the surrender warrant. The U.S. Marshals Service transp

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