José DeLaCerda is accused of a murder in Las Catrinas Cabaret (PHOTOS)

• José DeLaCerda is charged with the shooting murder of Andrew Córdova.
• The crime occurred at Las Catrinas Cabaret in Alvin, Texas.
• Andrew ‘Dog’ Córdova was a member of the motorcycle group B East MC.

José DeLaCerda was arrested in Texas accused of having killed another Hispanic man, in the middle of a fight in a dancers bar. The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) arrested DeLaCerda in the early hours of Thursday, June 17, 2021 in Alvin, Texas, southeast of the metropolitan area of Houston.

DeLaCerda, 27, is already being held in the Galveston County accused of the murder of Andrew Córdova, 35, who, according to the agents of the GCSO Homicide Division, was shot several times to death. The brutal murder occurred after a conflict between the two men at Las Catrinas Cabaret, a dancers bar.

José DeLaCerda is accused of murder

The Texas State Penal Code reveals that the murder charge, like the one faced by José DeLaCerda, is punishable by a sentence of 20 to 99 years in prison for anyone who finds himself guilty of that crime after facing his trial. Until the moment of writing this story, the motive for the murder of Andrew Córdova is not yet known by the authorities.José Raymundo DeLaCerda, his full name as it appears in the legal documents of the case, will face his criminal process before Judge Patricia Gray, of the 212th Criminal District Court in Galveston County. The judge has not determined when the first hearing will be against DeLaCerda, for the murder of Córdova known as ‘Dog’ by his friends.

José DeLaCerda: A shooting at dawn

According to the documents of the case, consulted by MundoHispánico In Texas, at 1:00 am on Thursday, June 17, the GCSO emergency number received a call informing them that there was a shooting at Las Catrinas Cabaret, a popular nightclub with dancers.

Given the seriousness of the report, various GCSO patrols were sent to Las Catrinas Cabaret, at 9629 Highway 6, in Alvin, Texas to attend to the emergency, since the various witnesses told them that there was a very badly injured Hispanic man. Until then, the identity of José DeLaCerda was not known to the authorities.

José DeLaCerda: The commotion of customers and dancers

The small town of Alvin, Texas is a semi-rural population of 25,000 southeast of the greater Houston area. Many Hispanics live in Alvin who work on cattle ranches in the area and in which there are also many vine farms for wine production, due to its mild climate and a few miles from the sea in the Gulf of Mexico.

When the first agents arrived at Las Catrinas Cabaret, they found a real commotion, since one of the Hispanic customers had been killed inside the place with a pistol, by another client who had escaped from the place after the shooting. The deceased today was identified as Andrew Córdova through his driver’s license.

The fight between José DeLaCerda and Andrew Córdova

Galveston County Sheriff Henry Trochesset himself appeared at Las Catrinas Cabaret to coordinate investigations into the murder of Andrew Córdova. According to Trochesset, in the middle of the day of fun inside the bar there was a heated discussion between the victim and his perpetrator.

However, as of this writing, it is not clear why the two men began arguing within Las Catrinas Cabaret. According to witnesses, at one point the alleged murderer, identified as José DeLaCerda, pulled out a pistol and emptied the magazine against Andrew Córdova.

Andrew ‘Dog’ Córdova falls dead from gunshots

Andrew Córdova fell dead after the shooting while his alleged murderer José DeLaCerda fled the scene amid the commotion of the other customers and the dancers. Someone, who is not specified, then called the authorities to report the tragedy that ended the night of fun.

Thanks to the fact that the murder of Andrew Córdova occurred inside Las Catrinas Bar, the agents of the Homicide Division of the GCSO were able to recover images from the security cameras of the business and based on that, plus the testimony of the clients and the dancers, They were able to identify José DeLaCerda as the alleged murderer.

A crime between rival gangs?

A force of agents from the GCSO Homicide Division attended the house of José Raymundo DeLaCerda, with the arrest warrant granted by the judge who was on duty. Officers arrested DeLaCerda at his home in Alvin without incident, who surrendered to authorities after being surrounded by armed police.

The case documents do not specify whether the weapon was found in the death of Andrew Córdova at José DeLaCerda’s home. GCSO Homicide Division agents do not know the motive for the crime, but are investigating whether the death was due to a conflict between rival gang members, although that is just one more line in the investigation.

They are already investigating Las Catrinas Cabaret

Galveston County Sheriff Henry Trochesset revealed that his corporation is also investigating the crime scene, Las Catrinas Cabaret, as the venue is licensed as a bar, but not licensed. Sexual Orientation Business (BSO). The corporation has so far not disclosed the results of its investigations.

Eva S., a 42-year-old Mexican immigrant who has asked that her full name not be revealed to avoid retaliation, asks that the authorities investigate Las Catrinas Cabaret, as she lives in a mobile home neighborhood near the place and the fights and scandals are frequent.

The concern of the neighbors

“Well, they say it’s a bar, but it’s not true… almost every night there are fights out there. I don’t know why they haven’t closed that place because the truth is that a lot of things happen. We are already scared, but since we are Hispanic, the police don’t even listen to us, ”says Eva S. in an interview with MundoHispánico in Texas, with concern for his family and neighbors.

In Texas, the law of bars and restaurants has a section for businesses called BSOs and that must meet certain very strict cleaning requirements, records of all their employees so that there are no sexual offenders, a special tax that is charged to customers and , above all, that there is no prostitution or human trafficking.

With what license does Las Catrinas Cabaret work?

In the records of the Control of the State of Texas of the BSO businesses, Las Catrinas Cabaret does not appear with the corresponding license. In the business’s own social networks, its Facebook page, there are complaints from some women who point to the place as a center for prostitution and drug distribution.

Andrew ‘Dog’ Córdova, the victim in the murder committed by José DeLaCerda, was a father of two girls and a boy. According to a source in the investigation, the deceased today was a member of the motorcycle group B East MC, which has its area of ​​influence in the southeast and east of the Houston metropolitan area, in Galveston County.

Who are the bikers of the B East MC?

Some authorities define the B East MC as a gang committed to committing crimes related to violent robbery. In Texas, the motorcycle gangs that control various areas of the state, due to their relevance, are Los Bandidos, Mongols and Pagans. The B East MC is until now a minority group and there are no known alliances or rivalries.

According to a source who spoke to MundoHispánicoOn condition of anonymity due to his work as an undercover investigator against motorcycle gangs, the B East MC has only about 200 members in Texas and who formed the club six years ago in Channelview, Texas, in East Houston. , only with Hispanics and Anglos.

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