President Donald Trump has criticized his successor, President Joe Biden, for his handling of immigration policies, particularly in relation to a recent brutal murder in Texas. Trump expressed his outrage over the killing of Chandra Nagamallaiah, allegedly by Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, a 37-year-old illegal immigrant from Cuba with a criminal history.
Trump took to Truth Social, a social media platform, to voice his concerns about the incident. He highlighted the fact that Cobos-Martinez, despite having a record of serious crimes, was allowed to remain in the U.S. due to lax immigration policies. The former president blamed the current administration for the suspect’s presence in the country.
Cobos-Martinez is accused of beheading his employer, Nagamallaiah, in a motel parking lot in Dallas, Texas. The suspect, who was previously arrested for crimes including child sex abuse, grand theft auto, and false imprisonment, was released back into the U.S. after Cuba refused to accept him.
Trump assured his followers that under his administration, such leniency towards illegal immigrant criminals would not have been tolerated. He promised that Cobos-Martinez would face the full force of the law, including a charge of first-degree murder.
Cobos-Martinez was arrested following the gruesome incident at the Downtown Suites motel in Dallas. He reportedly attacked Nagamallaiah with a machete during a dispute while cleaning a room. Despite attempts by Nagamallaiah’s wife and son to help him, Cobos-Martinez allegedly continued his assault until Nagamallaiah was decapitated.
According to police, Cobos-Martinez then kicked Nagamallaiah’s severed head into the parking lot and discarded it in a dumpster. He was later found by authorities, covered in blood and still holding the machete.
Cobos-Martinez had previously been in the custody of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson. However, he was released on January 13 under the Biden administration, according to ICE officials.
Cobos-Martinez is currently facing a capital murder charge and is being held without bond. His criminal history includes a 2018 aggravated assault charge in Harris County, for which he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and served one year in jail. While facing charges in Texas, it was discovered that he was also wanted in California for carjacking, false imprisonment, and failure to appear.