Overview
- Yosguar Aponte Jimenez, Jesus De Nazareth Bellorin-Guzman and Jose Luis Trivino-Cruz each face capital murder charges with bonds set between $1.5 million and $3.255 million.
- Officers found 48-year-old Santiago Lopez Morales of Las Vegas shot in the parking lot of a Garland motel on June 20; he died later at a North Texas hospital.
- Investigators linked two of the men to an earlier armed robbery at another motel and an arrest affidavit alleges they also sexually assaulted that motel’s guest.
- All three suspects are held at Dallas County Jail under immigration detainers without the option of bail.
- Garland police say the probe remains open and encourage anyone with leads to contact their tip line.