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Last Updated:September 12, 2025, 11:30 IST
According to an official statement by the US Department of Homeland Security, the accused is a Cuban resident and was recently released from ICE custody in January.
The suspect has been identified as Cobos-Martinez (Credits: X/@Brownking__).
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said that the administration of Joe Biden had “released" Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, the man arrested in connection with the murder of a motel manager in Texas. He was released in January on a supervision order as Cuba “would not accept him because of his criminal history."
According to the official statement, the 37-year-old accused is being detained in the Dallas County Jail and has been identified as an undocumented immigrant.
The department noted that he is a Cuban national and was in ICE custody recently. It added that the case aligns with the Trump administration’s push to deport undocumented individuals to so-called “third countries," or locations where they may have no connections.
Cobos-Martinez, who reportedly confessed to the crime, killed the motel manager following a dispute over a washing machine. The victim, Chandramouli “Bob" Nagamallaiah, originally from Karnataka, asked Cobos-Martinez and a female colleague not to use the machine as it was broken.
Instead of communicating it directly with the accused, Nagamallaiah asked the female colleague to translate his instructions, which enraged Cobos-Martinez.
Anushka Vats is a Sub-Editor at News18.com with a passion for storytelling and a curiosity that extends beyond the newsroom. She covers both national and international news. For more stories, you can follow her...Read More
Anushka Vats is a Sub-Editor at News18.com with a passion for storytelling and a curiosity that extends beyond the newsroom. She covers both national and international news. For more stories, you can follow her...
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