Overview
- Travis County authorities charged four 17-year-olds with aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon after an off-campus assault reported Feb. 19.
- The teens — Jose Rojas-Alvarado, Oscar Armando Santiago-Martinez, Angel Lemus-Perez, and Carlos Roberto Oliva-Villeda — are accused of luring a former Del Valle High School classmate to a garage where he was restrained at gunpoint, with the victim saying a girlfriend dispute sparked the attack.
- Affidavits say the victim was bound with duct tape, beaten with aluminum bats, a cane and a belt, burned, and forced to drink alcohol, while the suspects threatened to kill him and harm his family if he told police.
- Investigators documented bruises across the victim’s back, chest, and legs, reported that one suspect recorded the assault, and said several suspects admitted planning it for about a week.
- One defendant, Lemus-Perez, also faces an organized criminal activity charge, Del Valle ISD says the suspects are former students, and the teens face five to 99 years in prison if convicted.