Two Mercedes brothers accused of stabbing a teenager to death last year had their arraignments reset Wednesday morning.
Fidencio Castillo Cosme, 34, and Juan Jose Cosme, 37, are charged with murder and have been held on $1 million bonds since their Sept. 28, 2020, arrest.
(Read: Prosecutor: Mercedes man confesses to stabbing minor)
Both men were scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on an indictment accusing them of killing 16-year-old Armando Torres IV.
In Fidencio’s case, state District Judge Noe Gonzalez reset the case until May and instructed his defense attorney, O. Rene Flores, to go visit with the man at the jail and have him sign a waiver of arraignment.
When that happens, Flores will file that waiver with the court and enter a not guilty plea.
In Juan’s case, his attorney, Adolfo Alvarez asked state District Judge Rose Guerra Reyna for a short reset so he could get to the jail and visit with his client.
As the case has made its way into the courts, details of the allegations against the men continue to trickle out.
Initially, former Mercedes Police Chief Dagoberto “Dago” Chavez refused to speak to the newspaper about the arrests, and The Monitor unsuccessfully filed a Texas Public Information Act request for the probable cause affidavits.
The Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office sought an opinion from the Texas Attorney General’s office, arguing those documents should not be public because of the Texas Family Code.
Because Torres was 16 when he died, the AG’s office sided with the DA.
During Fidencio’s hearing Wednesday, a new detail emerged.
When the judge asked what the allegation was against the man, prosecutors said Fidencio and Juan are accused of attacking the teen and stabbing him in the chest.
They also allege that Fidencio confessed to the stabbing.
Discovery in his case is ongoing and prosecutors told the judge they are waiting on a lab report for blood found on a vehicle near Fidencio’s residence.
An alleged motive in the case hasn’t been publicly revealed.
