A dual U.S.-Salvadoran citizen from California accused of murdering a woman in front of their toddler son before abandoning the child near her remains has been extradited to El Salvador to face charges, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday.Michael Alejandro Castillo Murga, 27, of Beaumont, California, was handed over to Salvadoran authorities Wednesday to face charges of aggravated femicide and imperfect homicide in the 2019 killing.The extradition marks the first time the U.S.has surrendered an American citizen to face prosecution for crimes committed in El Salvador, according to the DOJ. Castillo Murga holds dual U.S.
and Salvadoran citizenship.AMERICAN WHO FLED US AFTER ALLEGEDLY KILLING PREGNANT WIFE COULD RETURN WITHIN DAYS WITH MURDER CHARGE DROPPEDMichael Alejandro Castillo Murga, 27, of California, was extradited to El Salvador to face charges in connection with the 2019 killing of his son's mother.(Department of Justice)Salvadoran authorities allege Castillo Murga picked up Melvi Fernanda Nájera Quezada, 23, and their son from her mother's home Jan.
31, 2019, supposedly to begin living together as a family.Investigators allege he instead killed Nájera Quezada and abandoned their child near her body, which was discovered near a highway the next day. An autopsy determined she died from severe bleeding caused by cuts to her neck and other wounds inflicted with a plastic knife, according to the DOJ.Farmworkers discovered the boy, who was younger than 2, several days later in a rugged area near where his mother's body was found.He was severely dehydrated and starving with cuts on his face, insect bites and signs of abuse, authorities said.FUGITIVE MOM WANTED IN DAUGHTER’S ARIZONA MURDER USED CARTELS TO HIDE FOR YEARS BEFORE CAPTURE IN MEXICO: FEDSThe extradition marks the first time the U.S.
has surrendered an American citizen to face prosecution for crimes committed in El Salvador.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, File)Investigators linked ...