Judge SLASHES Bond from $1.2 Million to $7,000 for Foreign Trucker Who Killed 5 Including a Baby in Fiery Austin Crash

[Walt]

No, Wally. They are from Mexico. He was operating on a work permit.

Weldekeal-Araya is originally from Ethiopia, but has lived in Texas for a number of years. He might be a US citizen, or might be a permanent resident, reports differ, but he is definitely a resident of Texas. It would be illegal for him to drive around Texas on a Mexican drivers license, being a resident of Texas. And in Mexico, he would be an illegal alien, so there is that. If he is not a citizen, he probably does not want to travel outside the USA, so no trips to Mexico.

If he did have a Mexican CDL, he would not have been given bail.

As for the company he worked for, it is based in Houston, and he was hauling Amazon packages from a Amazon warehouse to a local distribution center, both in the USA.

 

[Walt]

drugs were found in his system, AND he evaded the police by hiding in his truck, AND he committed perjury.

The drug test came up negative, which is why the bail was reduced. He certainly did not evade police. As for perjury, he has yet to go to court, so no perjury.

 

[Into the Night]

It is in the Americas, but not in America.

There is only one America, Wally. It's ONE continent.

If Mexico was part of America,

It is.

it would be illegal to block people from crossing the border.

What border what that be, Wally?? Why would a continent make crossing any border suddenly legal?

 

[Into the Night]

A public defender is a defense lawyer hired by the state.

So he is a lawyer representing the state. Got it.

There are no public defenders in the federal system.

Yes there are.

Instead, they have court appointed lawyers.

I assume you mean 'they' is the defendant. A state lawyer is not a defense lawyer, despite any title you give them, Wally.

No one in a criminal court gets denied a defense attorney.

Yes they do. it's already happened.

Doing that would be a violation of your fifth amendment rights, and would scuttle the entire case.

The 5th amendment does not mention any such right.

 

[Into the Night]

Weldekeal-Araya is originally from Ethiopia, but has lived in Texas for a number of years. He might be a US citizen, or might be a permanent resident, reports differ, but he is definitely a resident of Texas. It would be illegal for him to drive around Texas on a Mexican drivers license, being a resident of Texas. And in Mexico, he would be an illegal alien, so there is that. If he is not a citizen, he probably does not want to travel outside the USA, so no trips to Mexico.

If he did have a Mexican CDL, he would not have been given bail.

Irrelevant.

As for the company he worked for, it is based in Houston, and he was hauling Amazon packages from a Amazon warehouse to a local distribution center, both in the USA.

Amazon was not involved.

The guy was from Mexico.

 

[Damocles]

I could be wrong, but it appears to be the same judge who originally set bail as high as it could go, $1.2 million. He was willing to try to get the truck driver, until all the evidence disappeared.

Are you going to go after the white guy who caused the accident now, or stick with racism as your guiding light?

link? (not saying the info is bad, but am saying that you should link to sources for information during a conversation on the interwebs).

 

[Into the Night]

The drug test came up negative,

Blatant lie (false equivalence).

which is why the bail was reduced.

It is not why the bail was reduced.

He certainly did not evade police.

Yes he did.

As for perjury, he has yet to go to court, so no perjury.

You do not need to be in court to commit perjury, Wally.

 

[Walt]

There is only one America, Wally. It's ONE continent.

There are two continents in the Americas: North America and South America.

 

[Walt]

So he is a lawyer representing the state.

No, a public defender is a lawyer hired by the state to represent a defendent.

Yes there are.

There really are no public defenders in the federal system. They still use the old system of hiring court appointed lawyers on a more ad hoc basis.

 

[Damocles]

Travis County Judge SLASHES Bond from $1.2 Million to $7,000 for Foreign Trucker Who Killed 5 Including a Baby in Fiery Austin Crash | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

Another slap in the face to American victims from Texas’ radical justice system.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

My God insane

It looks like they came to an agreement for this...

Travis County District Attorney's Office Provides Update on Solomun Weldekeal-Araya's Cases - Travis County District Attorney

Travis County, TX — — On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, the Travis County District Attorney’s Office reached an agreement to modify the conditions of pretrial release to keep our community safe while Solomun Weldekeal-Araya awaits trial. The agreement was reached with defense counsel, and the Court...

districtattorney.traviscountytx.gov

Travis County, TX — — On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, the Travis County District Attorney’s Office reached an agreement to modify the conditions of pretrial release to keep our community safe while Solomun Weldekeal-Araya awaits trial. The agreement was reached with defense counsel, and the Court approved it.

The bond conditions require that the defendant not drive commercial vehicles, surrender any documentation that would allow him to leave the country, wear a GPS electronic monitoring unit for 90 days, agree to submit to random urine analysis for drug screening, and be supervised by Pretrial Services.

“I am grateful to the Austin Police Department for their work on these cases,” said Travis County District Attorney José Garza. “We are continuing to work with APD to evaluate them.”

Our office will not provide any further comment at this time.

 

[Walt]

Amazon was not involved.

Amazon would agree, but they are being sued anyway. Their name was on the trailer being temporarily towed by a driver who could not avoid an accident, which in modern America is enough to get sued.

The guy was from Mexico.

Weldekeal-Araya originally comes from Ethiopia, and has permanent residency (and possibly citizenship) in the USA. Why on Earth would he move illegally to Mexico?

 

[Walt]

link? (not saying the info is bad, but am saying that you should link to sources for information during a conversation on the interwebs).

Even the original link, which was extremely anti Weldekeal-Araya admits the blood tests show no drugs. The central point of the story is that Weldekeal-Araya blood tested negative for all drugs, so his bail was reduced from $1.2 million to $7k. The entire case will be dropped if prosecutors cannot come up with a new theory of the crime. It is not a crime to not be able to avoid an accident with a dangerous driver.

However, subsequent testing revealed no drugs or alcohol in his bloodstream, prompting Democrat judge Tamara Needles to lower the bond.

Travis County Judge SLASHES Bond from $1.2 Million to $7,000 for Foreign Trucker Who Killed 5 Including a Baby in Fiery Austin Crash | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

Another slap in the face to American victims from Texas’ radical justice system.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

 

[Walt]

It looks like they came to an agreement for this...

The prosecution was sort of forced to by the loss of any evidence. They really needed that blood test to come back positive.

 

[Walt]

You do not need to be in court to commit perjury, Wally.

You do have to be under oath, which almost always involves an oath.

 

[Into the Night]

There are two continents in the Americas: North America and South America.

Nope. One continent. It's called America.

 

[Into the Night]

No, a public defender is a lawyer hired by the state to represent a defendent.

The state doesn't represent the defendant, Wally (unless the state is being sued).

There really are no public defenders in the federal system. They still use the old system of hiring court appointed lawyers on a more ad hoc basis.

The state doesn't represent the defendant, Wally.

 

[Into the Night]

Amazon would agree, but they are being sued anyway. Their name was on the trailer being temporarily towed by a driver who could not avoid an accident, which in modern America is enough to get sued.

it was not on the trailer.

Weldekeal-Araya originally comes from Ethiopia, and has permanent residency (and possibly citizenship) in the USA. Why on Earth would he move illegally to Mexico?

He is from Mexico.

 

[Into the Night]

The prosecution was sort of forced to by the loss of any evidence.

What evidence was 'lost', Wally???

They really needed that blood test to come back positive.

It did.

 

[Walt]

Nope. One continent. It's called America.

Is Euro-Asia-Africa one continent?

 

[Into the Night]

Is Euro-Asia-Africa one continent?

None of them are America either, Wally.