This is Yordanis Cobos-Martínez, a 37-year-old Cuban immigrant.
Miami, United States. -The Cuban Yordanis Cobos-Martínez, 37, was arrested in Dallas, Texas, and faces a capital murder position for the death of Chandra Nagamallaiah (50) last Wednesday at the Motel Downtown Suites. Dallas Police (DPD) reported that preliminary investigation determined that the suspect had caused death to the victim in the place using a shear that used “several times.”
The Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE) confirmed that Cobos-Martínez-identified by the agency as a Cuban National-had been released in January 2025 under an order of supervision for the lack of deportation flights to Cuba in that period. ICE described the fact of “unthinkable” and said that the defendant remained under “immigration retention” (Detainer).
An arrest affidavit released Thursday and described by CBS Texas He points out that, after a discussion in a motel room, the cameras captured Cobos-Martínez left, take out a machete and start attacking Nagamallaiah. The victim ran to the motel office – where his wife and son were – as he continued the aggression. The detective wrote that the victim’s head “was removed from his body” and that “the suspect then kicked [cabeza de Nagamallaiah] twice to the parking lot and proceeded to pick it up and take it to the garbage container and put it inside. ”A witness told that media:“ He chased him from the [habitación] 108 to the office. The man tried to enter the office to notify his family. ”
According to Fox 4based on the Aphidavit and the records of the County Prison, Cobos-Martínez remains without the bail for the position of capital murder and also has a immigration retention. The media adds that the detainee admitted the crime before the police.
According to the official part of the DPD, the agents responded around 9:30 am last Wednesday to the notice of a stabbing in block 3400 of Samuell Boulevard. Dallas Fire-Rescue went and declared death on the site.
The initial reports of CBS Texas They identified Nagamallaiah as motel manager, and pointed out – using witnesses – that both the victim and the suspect worked in the establishment.
The research continues in charge of the DPD.
