{"id":403264,"date":"2026-08-11T05:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403264\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T05:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:22:35","slug":"judge-denies-bond-for-teen-from-el-salvador-charged-in-two-fatal-houston-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403264\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge denies bond for teen from El Salvador charged in two fatal Houston shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 Jefferson Velasquez, the 18-year-old from El Salvador charged in two separate Houston murder cases, has been denied bond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Judge Hazel Jones heard testimony from investigators Monday morning and ruled to continue holding Velasquez without bond. Her decision comes after his cases gained attention from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/07\/31\/ice-asks-texas-not-release-criminal-illegal-alien-charged-double-murder-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/07\/31\/ice-asks-texas-not-release-criminal-illegal-alien-charged-double-murder-texas\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Velasquez is accused of fatally shooting Angel Garcia, 17, at an east Harris County house party last summer and Noah Ramirez, 27, outside of Diosa nightclub in Midtown in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">At the scene of the April shooting, Velasquez was detained and gave a wrong name then got released, his defense attorney said. He didn\u2019t get charged in last summer\u2019s shooting until June and charges for the April shooting came in July. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If it weren\u2019t for the reckless policies of the Obama Administration, this MURDERER would have NEVER been in our country.<\/p>\n<p>ICE is working with our local Texas law enforcement partners to ensure this public safety threat will never be loose in our communities again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eABNNnmc4q\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/eABNNnmc4q<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OeCcJea7ny\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/OeCcJea7ny<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2084295764684034128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 3, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Velasquez entered the U.S. illegally through Texas as a minor in 2014, according to DHS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Records show ICE has lodged a detainer, meaning if Velasquez were to post bond, the Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office would contact immigration authorities before his release.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Jefferson Velasquez, the 18-year-old from El Salvador charged in two separate Houston murder cases, has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[294,4092,405,56,58,57,636],"class_list":["post-403264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime","tag-department-of-homeland-security","tag-harris-county","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-murder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}