彼得·莫拉莱斯

AUSTIN MAN joins a masked crew that ambushes a man over his gold jewelry and shoots him dead in a North Austin parking lot. Before police even caught him, prosecutors had dropped his capital murder charge. In August 2025, Miguel Mondragon was out at a sports bar (La Toxika). A former bartender, fired for stealing wallets from customers, picked him as a target because of his gold jewelry. When he left, the crew followed him. Two cars boxed in his pickup in the La Michoacana Market lot, and masked gunmen walked up. Mondragon ran and was shot in the leg. Surveillance video shows him crawling through the grass until he stopped moving. The crew took his watch, phone, and cash. Franklyn Zeledon was one of the masked gunmen, according to co-defendants. All six suspects were charged with capital murder. Five of those charges were knocked down to aggravated robbery, Zeledon's included. His was reduced in October 2025, while he was still a fugitive. Another suspect was out of jail 11 days after his arrest. Zeledon was on the run for 14 months before he was arrested last month in Montgomery County. He has an ICE hold.