Overview

• Defendants Yosguar Aponte-Jimenez, Jose Trivino-Cruz and Jesus Bellorin-Guzman allegedly shot security guard Santiago Lopez Morales in a Motel 6 parking lot in Garland on June 20.
• Investigators say the men carried out multiple robberies targeting sex workers and linked to an earlier aggravated robbery and alleged sexual assault at a Deluxe Inn before the fatal shooting.
• Two defendants entered via the CBP One app in late 2024 and early 2025 and one crossed illegally in May 2023; all were released into the interior under Biden administration procedures.
• DHS officials report that Aponte-Jimenez admitted to more than 25 robberies while Trivino-Cruz confessed to two more the day of the shooting.
• A Texas judge set bonds ranging from $1.5 million to over $3.2 million and ICE has lodged detainers to secure their removal after judicial proceedings.