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ARTICLE VIEW:
ICE calls for removal of man accused of beheading another man with
machete at Dallas motel
By Nic F. Anderson, CNN
Updated:
9:25 PM EDT, Sun September 14, 2025
Source: CNN
A Cuban national, who officials say is in the US illegally, has
admitted to using a machete to kill a man in Dallas, according to a
court affidavit filed in the case.
The suspect is accused of attacking and ultimately beheading another
man in a violent incident at an area motel Wednesday.
Dallas police identified the suspect as Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, who is
being held without bond on a charge of capital murder by terror threat.
CNN has been unable to verify whether formal charges have been filed.
CNN has reached out to Cobos-Martinez’s attorney but has not yet
received a response.
Police say Cobos-Martinez was cleaning a room with an unnamed witness
as the incident unfolded. The witness told police Cobos-Martinez became
upset when the victim, Chandra Nagamallaiah, used the unidentified
witness to translate his request to not use a broken washing machine
instead of speaking to him directly, according to the affidavit.
Surveillance video shows Cobos-Martinez leaving the motel room, pulling
out a machete and attacking Nagamallaiah. After the victim ran, the
attack continued outside – in front of the victim’s wife and son
– both of whom attempted to intervene, according to the affidavit.
After beheading Nagamallaiah, Cobos-Martinez allegedly placed the
victim’s head in a dumpster.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a statement Thursday
announcing it had lodged a detainer for the federal arrest and removal
of Cobos-Martinez, whom ICE called a “depraved criminal illegal alien
from Cuba.”
In a Truth Social Sunday, President Donald Trump said Cobos-Martinez
had been “previously arrested” but was later released under the
Biden administration.
“This criminal, who we have in custody, will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the Law,” Trump said. “He will be charged with
murder in the first degree!”
Cobos-Martinez’s criminal history includes “child sex abuse, grand
theft of a motor vehicle, false imprisonment and carjacking,”
according to ICE, but the agency did not produce any documentation
indicating when or where any of these prior accusations took place, or
whether any resulted in a finding of guilt upon CNN request.
The beheading comes amid the Trump administration pointing at crimes
committed by undocumented people as reasoning behind the recent
immigration crackdowns across the United States.
Several other killings have proven to become flashpoints in the debate
over immigration and border security, including those of and
“This is exactly why we are removing criminal illegal aliens to third
countries. President Trump and Secretary Noem are no longer allowing
barbaric criminals to indefinitely remain in America,” Department of
Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.
Cobos-Martinez was previously held in ICE Dallas custody at the
Bluebonnet Detention Center but was released on an order of supervision
on January 13 “because Cuba would not accept him because of his
criminal history,” according to ICE. CNN has reached out to the Cuban
Consulate in the US to verify this accusation.
Leah Thomeer and Priscilla Alvarez contributed to this report.
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