‘Horrific, Time To Restore Rule Of Law’: Vivek Ramaswamy On Beheading Of Motel Manager In Texas

Last Updated:September 14, 2025, 08:04 IST

Ramaswamy mentioned that the accused, who is a Cuban citizen, was released despite having a criminal history.

Vivek Ramaswamy

Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy reacted to the murder of an Indian-origin motel manager, Chandra Nagamallaiah, in Texas on Saturday. His remark came after the 50-year-old man, originally from Karnataka, was beheaded in front of his wife and son.

“An innocent Dallas hotel manager was brutally beheaded in front of his wife & son by an illegal migrant who had a final order of removal & such a bad criminal history that Cuba refused to accept him,” Ramaswamy wrote on X.

Ramaswamy further added that despite having a criminal history, the accused was released on January 13, before former President Joe Biden left office.

This is horrific. It’s time to restore the rule of law, said Ramaswamy.

In another post, Ramaswamy said that while Cuba did not accept its citizen because of his criminal history, he continued to live in America.

“It’s unconscionable. The murderer’s violent criminal history was so bad that Cuba refused to accept him, yet he remained in the U.S. despite a final court order of removal. The fact that this isn’t a bigger story shows how numb we’ve become to preventable violence. This has to end,” he wrote.

Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, the accused in the case, who was arrested for beheading his colleague, is a Cuban citizen. He has a prior criminal record in the Dallas County Jail. He was recently released from jail in January.

Horrific CCTV videos of the incident making the rounds on the internet show Cobos-Martinez retrieving a machete and attacking Nagamallaiah.

Earlier, Indian-origin Congressman Ro Khanna, while reacting to the incident, had said it was “horrific.”

“The brutal beheading of a hardworking Indian American immigrant in front of his wife & son is horrific. The murderer had multiple prior arrests for violent theft and child endangerment and was undocumented. He should not have been free on American streets,” read his post on X.

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