California Sikh temple kidnapping-murder of Avtar Singh: Suspect arrested in Mexico after 8 months, two others remain on the run

A man accused of being part of a plot to kidnap and murder Indian-origin Sikh man Avtar Singh in California has been arrested in Mexico, months after the shocking abduction from a gurdwara in Tracy.Alberto Alonso Alencastro, 25, was apprehended in Mexico in coordination with Mexican law enforcement authorities and then brought back to San Joaquin County, where he was booked into jail, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office announced on November 7.Alencastro is one of three men accused of kidnapping and killing Singh, 57, who was abducted from the Gurdwara Gur Nanak Parkash in Tracy on February 17.

The other two suspects, Alfonso Cresencio Segura Arellano, 20, and Barnabe Antonio Segura Arellano, 22, remain at large.Singh's body was discovered near Lake Berryessa on February 20, three days after his abduction.

Surveillance footage showed three men forcing him into a white crossover-style SUV in broad daylight.The killing shocked the local Sikh community, particularly because Singh's three young children, who were triplets, were left alone inside the temple when he was taken.