SHOCK RULING: Judge drastically lowers bond for non-citizen truck driver accused of killing 5 in Texas crash

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From Breitbart: A migrant truck driver who was involved in a massive Texas highway crash that killed five people — including a young child and a baby — has had his $1.2 million bond slashed to a mere $7,000.

Trucking industry publication Freight Waves reported details of the horrific March 13 incident, in which 37-year-old Solomun Weldekeal-Araya was initially charged with five counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxication assault after the 18-wheeler he was driving on Interstate 35 crashed into 16 other vehicles.

Five victims were pronounced dead at the scene, including a couple and their two children, and 11 others suffered injuries.

Independent journalist Sarah Fields identified the deceased family of four as Natalia Perez, Sergio López, their daughter Lylah, and baby son Diego:

Authorities first believed the truck driver was intoxicated but later concluded though testing that Weldekeal-Araya had no drugs or alcohol in his system. However, he failed to slow his truck in a temporary work zone for construction on the interstate, and plowed the 18-wheeler he was driving into at least 17 vehicles as they were slowed down for the construction zone.

He is reportedly in the U.S. on a work visa from Ethiopia. Fox 7 has reported that Weldekeal-Araya spoke mostly Tigrinya, an East African language spoken in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

On Tuesday, Travis County District Court Judge Tamara Needles, a Democrat, reduced Weldekeal-Araya’s bond from $1.2 million to only $7,000 – $1,000 for each person he killed.  He then bonded out of the Travis County jail just after 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Conditions for his bond include that he must:

  • Not drive commercial vehicles
  • Surrender any documentation that would allow him to leave the country
  • Wear a GPS electronic monitoring unit for 90 days (the GPS does not have a curfew or exclusion zones)
  • Agree to submit to random urinalysis for drug screening
  • Be supervised by Pretrial Services.

The conditions don’t appear to prohibit Weldekeal Araya from driving, now that he’s out of jail.  He just can’t drive “commercial vehicles.”

Earlier this month, journalist Sarah Fields had shared the following:

Bristol Myers, the defense attorney assigned to Solomun Weldekeal Araya, has stated that he is filing a motion to get Araya’s bond reduced to $1 and that there may be a hearing in the next couple of days.

Araya is the non-American citizen driver responsible for the deaths of five people, including an infant and a toddler, after plowing through 17 vehicles in Austin without ever slowing down.

Araya had previously received a violation for going 63 in a 30 mph zone. According to my own previous reporting, Araya is an asylum seeker on a work visa who can barely speak English and works for a chain of suspicious LLCs that are currently under investigation by DOT Secretary Sean Duffy. (I will link my previous report in the thread.)

Myers is attempting to free his client due to the fact that Araya had no drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of the crash. According to the affidavit, Araya strangely showed no sign of remorse while being interviewed by the authorities and attempted to hide before authorities arrived on scene.

Libs of TikTok highlighted the case, writing:

Meet Solomun Weldekeal Araya, a Tigrinya-speaking truck driver who reportedly caused a MASSIVE car crash involving more than 18 vehicles, which resulted in the death of at least 5 people, including 2 young children.

Araya’s bond, which was originally set at over $1 million, was REDUCED to just $7,000 by the Texas 427th Criminal District Court. Tamara Needles, a DEMOCRAT Judge, oversees this district court. Are you starting to see a pattern now?

In March, Sarah Fields uncovered some alarming details surrounding the case, which now makes it even more disturbing that the judge has drastically reduced this migrant truck driver’s bail.

See below:

According to Court Dockets, Araya was set for a court day just one week from the tragic incident that took 5 lives. Previously, Araya had received a ticket for going 63 in a 30. A violation that could have cost him his CDL. If he had been restricted from driving, this tragedy could have been prevented from his reckless driving.

Araya has only had his LICENSE FOR FOUR MONTHS.

Here is where things take an even stranger turn. According to the Texas Secretary of State Website, this is ZBN LLC’s physical address: 9180 Forest Ln. APT. 202. Dallas, Tx. 75243.

Which leads us back to an apartment complex in Dallas. Millennium Dallas apartments.

When searching related companies associated with the exact same address, we found nearly a dozen more transportation LLCs operating from the exact same address! They each had different apartment numbers. Here are just 4 of the pages I printed out for my records. It is now clear that this entire apartment building is part of a larger operation.

We then searched for the owner of the apartment building. As it turns out, the entire apartment building is owned by an LLC that is registered in TX to a FL company.

We then decided to research Araya’s address we were able to find by doing a background check. His background held very little information aside from his address.

Shocking! His address belongs to an LLC in California. unfortunately, you cannot see who owns the address in California because it is registered under multiple LLCs.

According to a source who has provided me information regarding immigrants who have claimed asylum under the Biden administration, they stated that a majority of them were given the same birthday of 1/1/?

I searched Araya’s birthday and sure enough, his birthdate according to his record is 1/1/88.

Affidavit warrant of arrest –

APD Officer Solomon was the first officer to arrive on the scene. Officer Solomon was approached by a witness and told that one of the drivers was trying to leave. The witness pointed to the yellow Volvo.

Officer Solomon approached the yellow Volvo and observed a male hiding in the personal cabin area of the truck, peeking his head out from the curtains. Officer Solomon gave commands to the individual to exit the yellow Volvo and detained him. The individual was identified as:

Weldekeal Araya, Solomun B/M 01/01/1988

Officer Solomon brought Mr. Weldekeal Araya to the staging area for medical treatment. APD Officer Seweryn, who is trained as a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) and a member of APD’s Impaired Driving Investigation Unit, spoke with Mr. Weldekeal Araya. Mr. Weldekeal Araya primarily spoke Tigrinya, but also understood and spoke English.

Throughout the interaction with the APD officers on the scene, Mr. Weldckcal Araya appeared very calm and indifferent to what happened, which given the circumstances of the collision could be considered unusual. Following the SFSTs and additional field sobriety tests, Officer Seweryn determined that, due to the introduction of a controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, or a combination thereof into Mr. Weldekeal Araya’s system, Mr. Weldekeal Araya did not have the normal use of mental and physical faculties to operate a motor vehicle safely. Therefore, Mr. Weldekeal Araya was placed under arrest for Driving While Intoxicated.

We have obtained the Austin Police Report. I fully understand the importance of redacting victim information. However, this extends well past that. It is clear that Araya is being protected by a woke PD and woke Biden-appointed NTSB Vice Chairman Alvin Brown.

I have reached out to ZBN LLC For comment. They have not responded.

I also sent my own investigator to the site of the apartment complex owned by ZBN LLC. There were no big rigs on site. Most residents were of Latino decent. Mostly Texas plates, with a few Florida plates scattered throughout.

I will attach my other posts regarding his matter in this thread. The MSM will not begin investigating the LLC or ask questions about a clear operation in Dallas. Instead, they’re redirecting their focus to the construction on the highway.

Two lawsuits, including one seeking $100 million, have been filed in deadly I-35 crash in Austin. I have a copy of this suit but will not share out of respect for the survivor’s privacy.

Below is our original report on the horrific crash on March 14:

MUGSHOT: Police make arrest after 17-vehicle crash leaves several adults and children dead

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