Jalisco police arrested Alberto Alonso Alencastro, known as “Beto el Mexa,” in Autlán de Navarro. He is one of three men indicted in the kidnapping and killing of Avtar Singh.
Jalisco state police arrested Alberto Alonso Alencastro, known as “Beto el Mexa,” in Autlán de Navarro after U.S. authorities shared information that helped narrow the search. Alencastro is one of three men indicted in California in the kidnapping and killing of Avtar Singh. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office announced on November 7 that Alencastro was in county custody, and he made his first court appearance two days later.
Jalisco’s Security Secretariat said intelligence officers, cyber police, a drone unit and tactical teams took part in the search. Investigators cross-checked information from several platforms and traced Alencastro to La Lima, where officers confirmed his identity with help from the U.S. Embassy. Police initially turned him over to Mexico’s National Migration Institute. Reports show that a California court had issued a homicide warrant in June.
Singh, 57, was abducted from a Sikh temple in the Tracy area on February 17. His body was found three days later near Lake Berryessa. California investigators believe the kidnappers mistook Singh for someone they were seeking in connection with a stolen cargo trailer. The two other defendants, Alfonso Cresencio Segura Arellano and Barnabe Antonio Segura Arellano, remained at large as of the November 9 court coverage.
