{"id":162323,"date":"2026-02-12T23:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/162323\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T23:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:34:11","slug":"honduran-man-receives-31-year-sentence-for-string-of-armed-robberies-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/162323\/","title":{"rendered":"Honduran Man Receives 31-Year Sentence for String of Armed Robberies in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/a>A Honduran national was sentenced in a federal court in Austin to 375 months in prison for multiple armed robberies. Image for illustration purposes<\/p>\n

Texas Border Business<\/p>\n

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U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Western District of Texas<\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas \u2013\u00a0A Honduran national was sentenced in a federal court in Austin to 375 months in prison for multiple armed robberies.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, on Dec. 31, 2023, Christian Lopez-Burgos, 27, used a black-over-tan pistol during an attempted robbery of a fast-food restaurant on Interstate Highway 35 in Austin and a convenience store robbery on North Lamar Boulevard in Austin. From the convenience store, Lopez-Burgos and two other masked, armed males stole approximately $6,000 while Lopez-Burgos pointed his pistol at an employee working the cash register.<\/p>\n

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On Jan. 23, 2024, Lopez-Burgos was caught on security video driving the same vehicle from the two previous robberies as he and four co-conspirators robbed another convenience store on North Lamar Boulevard, brandishing firearms at two employees and stealing approximately $5,000 from the store\u2019s cash register. Later that day, Lopez-Burgos arrived in his previously noted vehicle at a vape and smoke shop in San Marcos. He returned four days later, on Jan. 27, 2024, with three other individuals to rob the business, stealing CBD and kratom items, as well as glass pipes, while one of the robbers pointed a shotgun at a store employee and ripped a necklace from the victim\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n

Lopez-Burgos was also identified as one of three individuals who robbed another convenience store on Lamar Boulevard in Austin on Feb. 3, 2024. In that robbery, Lopez-Burgos and a co-conspirator entered the store brandishing firearms while the third robber served as a lookout at the front door. Lopez-Burgos demanded money from the store employee in a check-cashing room and fired three rounds at the victim in response to an alarm being pressed beneath the employee\u2019s desk. Two other employees in the store then provided approximately $3,000 to the robbers.<\/p>\n

Lopez-Burgos was arrested in Houston on Feb. 15, 2024, after he attempted to evade police in the same vehicle with which he committed most of the string of armed robberies. A search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of multiple articles of clothing and items both worn during the robberies and stolen from the robberies, including glass pipes and the necklace stolen from the vape and smoke shop employee. Searches of Lopez-Burgos\u2019s phones revealed a photo of the black-over-tan handgun and internet searches related to robberies in Austin on Dec. 31, 2023.<\/p>\n

Lopez-Burgos pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery; two counts of Hobbs Act robbery; two counts of discharge of firearm in furtherance of crime of violence; and one count of brandishing of firearm in furtherance of crime of violence. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman presided over the case.<\/p>\n

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The FBI along with the Austin, San Marcos, and Houston Police Departments investigated the case.<\/p>\n

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Keith Henneke, Thomas Parnham and Gabriel Cohen prosecuted the case.<\/p>\n

This case is part of\u00a0Operation Take Back America<\/a>, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.<\/p>\n

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