HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two men face federal charges in connection with the shooting death of a Houston taco truck operator in December 2025, according to court records.<\/p>\n
The video above is from a previous report.<\/a><\/p>\n Yaddua Barraza-Hernandez, 36, was shot and killed while working at a taco truck on West Dyna Drive on the night of Dec. 4, 2025.<\/p>\n Oscar Armando Roland Menjevar and Angel Adonis Saldivar-James were arrested in the weeks following the incident and charged with capital murder, according to records.<\/p>\n According to the Houston Police Department, the suspects approached the business; one shot into the taco truck while the other took money. At the time, police said family members discovered the scene after not hearing from Barraza-Hernandez, who had told them he was closing up.<\/p>\n Court documents allege that both suspects committed several crimes over seven days, including the homicide of Barraza-Hernandez.<\/p>\n On Thursday, new documents showed both men were indicted by a federal grand jury, “in connection with a Dec. 4, 2025, robbery of ‘Esbeidy’s Mexican Food.'”<\/p>\n It’s alleged the suspects took money from the business using force or threats and used and discharged a firearm during the robbery, documents state.<\/p>\n Now, both men have been charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, robbery, and two federal firearm offenses.<\/p>\n Saldivar-James reportedly faces an additional charge of being an undocumented immigrant in possession of a firearm. According to documents, he knowingly possessed a handgun while unlawfully in the U.S. between Dec. 4 and Dec. 8, 2025.<\/p>\n The five-count indictment was filed on Sept. 22, 2026.<\/p>\n RELATED STORIES:<\/p>\n Two masked men seen on surveillance video after taco truck operator killed in north Houston<\/a><\/p>\n