A Texas woman and gang member (MS-13 gang) that lured a man to his death by wielding a machete, is on the run after she cut off her ankle bracelet and jumped bail.
Karla Jackelin Morales, 20, fled just days before her Oct. 25, 2021 trial for her suspected role in the shooting and ambush stabbing death of 24-year-old Jose Villanueva, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said.
“She helped plan and plot this vicious execution, and somebody out there knows where she is hiding,” Ogg said in a statement.
Morales was the last of six defendants to face trial for the 2018 death of Villanueva. The other five have been convicted and sentenced to prison terms.
On July 29, 2018, Morales allegedly lured Villanueva to a grassy field near an elementary school to smoke marijuana, a birthday gift. Once there, the gang members hacked him with machetes, prosecutors said. As Villanueva tried crawling away, he was repeatedly shot, they said.
The scheme had been planned for weeks, Ogg said. The gang members had been searching for Villanueva for allegedly disparaging the gang in a rap battle.
His body was found days later.
Morales was born in California but has family in Honduras and El Salvador. She may still be in the Houston area, authorities said. She was free on $60,000 bail.
Prosecutors asked a judge to set bail at $250,000. Bail was instead ordered at $100,000 and later lowered. In addition, her fees for the ankle monitor were waived.
Morales failed to appear at a court hearing days later and has not been seen since. She has since been charged with bond jumping. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to her capture.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. Morales goes by the names “Cherry,” “Karlita,” “Missy,” and “Foxy” and is described as being 5 feet tall with a heavy build. She has a tattoo on her chest that reads “Alicia.”
WOW!!!! Yep. Someone knows where she’s at. They are all gang members.
Unfortunately, this is what happens when we allow these miscreants from violent countries like El Salvador, Honduras, etc. President Trump was right to propose building a wall to help secure our border. I would enact a moratorium for 2 years, preventing ANY illegal immigrant from crossing into our country. It would provide time to get a worthwhile immigration policy enacted. Strict rules should be part of that policy and those who FAIL to follow the rules would immediately be deported and not allowed back in for at least 5 years. We have to start getting tough again with regard to border policy, if we do not, be prepared for more MS-13 gangs and their treacherous violent behavior.
What are doing allowing people accused of murder or manslaughter out on bail?
If you have a problem with the immigration laws and rules, take it up with your Congressperson. Congress is the only thing that makes and passes immigration laws and rules. The laws have been tried to be changed for a number of years, but the Democrats, who actually made the laws and rules, wouldn’t site down with the Republicans and remake the laws and rules. Now, we have a President who doesn’t care about immigration laws or rules, which he is sworn to up hold and defend. Contact your Congressperson ASAP.
This guy was chopped up with machetes because he diss’ed a gang of violent miscreants in a “rap battle”. Well, then, at least his death had meaning, right? Didn’t die in vain. Didn’t die pointlessly and needlessly. And, obviously, even the authorities didn’t put overmuch emphasis on it, since, seemingly, you can participate in a machete murder and still get out on bail. Wow. Nothin’ to see here, folks. Move along. Just America as it has become.