Gruesome moment illegal migrant kicks motel manager’s head across parking lot after brutal murder in Texas

A horror scene unfolded in the parking lot of a Texas motel when an illegal migrant beheaded his boss with a machete in front of the man’s wife and son.

The suspect, 37-year-old Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, kicked the severed head across the parking lot ‘like a soccer ball’ before tossing it into a dumpster, according to gruesome video footage of the episode.

Cobos-Martinez was covered in blood and still gripping the machete when police arrested him just blocks away from the Downtown Suites in East Dallas, where the horrific attack unfolded in broad daylight.

Witnesses say the Cuban national chased 50-year-old motel manager Chandra Nagamallaiah, slashed and stabbed him repeatedly, and decapitated him in front of his screaming family, ignoring their desperate attempts to intervene.

Surveillance footage captured the aftermath in chilling detail and saw Cobos-Martinez bending down, picking up the dripping head, and launching it across the parking lot with his foot before casually placing it in a dumpster.

One witness said Nagamallaiah’s son even tried to strike the attacker with a bat but was unable to stop the rampage.

Authorities say the murder began as a rage-filled outburst over a language barrier, when Nagamallaiah asked Cobos-Martinez through a translator not to use a broken washing machine.

Police say Cobos-Martinez stormed out of the motel room, retrieved a machete, and began hacking and stabbing Nagamallaiah as he tried to flee toward the front office.

A parking lot of a Texas motel was turned into a scene of horror on Wednesday morning when a Cuban national who is in the US illegally beheaded his boss with a machete

The 37-year-old suspect, Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, faces a capital murder charge and is being held without bond. He admitted the killing to officers during a police interview

The affidavit says the suspect shoved them away multiple times and continued the slaughter.

Minutes later, the manager was dead, and his head was rolling across the asphalt.

‘Cobos-Martinez did the unthinkable and proceeded to kick the head around like a soccer ball,’ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement to WFAA.

Witnesses immediately called 911. Dallas Fire-Rescue teams were the first to arrive, spotting Cobos-Martinez still soaked in blood, machete in hand, calmly walking away from the crime scene.

Police caught up with him just a few blocks away on Samuell Boulevard.

Along with the machete he was carrying the victim’s cell phone and motel keycard.

During a video-recorded interview with Dallas police, Cobos-Martinez admitted to the killing.

He is now being held without bond on a capital murder charge at the Lew Sterrett Justice Center in Dallas. ICE has placed a detainer hold on him as well.

Cobos-Martinez can be seen in a white shirt on the left of the picture with the beheaded head rolling across the asphalt in the motel parking lot

The killing sparked a huge police presence and saw the motel being cordoned off

The killing has left a quiet East Dallas community in shock.

Nagamallaiah, who had reportedly managed the Downtown Suites for two to three years, was described by motel ownership as a ‘good, hardworking person.’

His violent death in front of his wife and child has drawn renewed scrutiny over immigration enforcement policies and failures in inter-agency coordination.

‘I’m really shocked,’ said Nancy Pineda to NBC5, who works at a nearby business. ‘There was a lady who came in here and told me there was a guy running or something.’

Police spent hours combing the crime scene, gathering surveillance footage and witness statements.

The motel and surrounding properties remained cordoned off for most of the day as investigators processed evidence.

Cobos-Martinez has a lengthy criminal record in Texas and other states

Police were on the scene for some time on Wednesday as they gathered evidence of the killing

The victim was the 50-year-old motel manager of the Downtown Suites in East Dallas, Chandra Nagamallaiah, who was slaughtered in broad daylight

Officers are seen in the parking lot of the motel gathering evidence following the brutal killing

A neighbor who wished to remain anonymous described the horror of hearing screams and seeing the son run out, frantically looking for help.

‘The victim yelled for help, then ran toward his wife and son,’ the witness told NBC News. ‘They tried to stop the man with the machete, but he just kept going.’

Cobos-Martinez has a long criminal record spanning multiple states and was released by ICE in January just days before the Trump administration returned to power because there were ‘no significant likelihood of removal in the foreseeable future.’

According to a federal source cited by Fox News, Cuba refused to accept deportation flights, and the Biden administration declined to pursue third-country removals, a policy Trump had used aggressively during his first term.