BROWNSVILLE — Just three weeks ago, a Brownsville man accused of murder appeared in court because the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office wanted to revoke his bond on allegations he violated numerous conditions of his community supervision.
Robert Galvan, 37, is charged with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the Wednesday morning stabbing death of 54-year-old Horacio Eguia of Brownsville.
During the altercation, Galvan is accused of stabbing another 43-year-old Brownsville man who is recovering from his wounds in a Brownsville hospital.
Authorities have not released a motive for the killing but have said that around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, Galvan, Eguia and another man began to argue on the 200 block of E. 10th Street.
Sometime during that altercation, authorities said Galvan stabbed both men, leaving blood all over the street.
Eguia and the unidentified stabbing victim got into a vehicle, driven by the unidentified man, and drove off, ending up at the Wildrose Apartments, which are roughly three miles away from the scene of the crime.
Police quickly connected the two scenes, authorities have said.
On Friday morning, Galvan quietly appeared before a judge, who handed down a $1.1 million bond. He stood handcuffed, was dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit and had a bandage on his hand from an apparent wound.
During the hearing, the state asked for a $225,000 bond on both charges, citing Galvan’s previous conviction.
According to law enforcement records, the victim, Eguia, was a sex offender who was required to register with the Texas Department of Public Safety for life, most recently registering in January.
According to DPS records, Eguia was convicted of aggravated rape in 1980. The victim was a 28-year-old female. He was sentenced to 25 years probation for the charge in 1981.
According to DPS records, Eguia lived at the Wildrose Apartments.
Some three weeks before the stabbing, court records revealed that Galvan appeared before 445th state District Judge Gloria Rincones on March 22 after the DA’s office filed a motion to revoke his community supervision. Rincones denied the DA’s motion, court records show.
In 2016, Galvan pleaded guilty to aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury to a family member. Also, he was charged with aggravated assault of a family member with a previous conviction, which was a case from 2005, but that charge was dropped as part of the plea deal.
According to the indictment, Galvan pushed a female family member’s face against the windshield of a motor vehicle, hit her with his fist and pushed her head into the gear shift of the vehicle, causing serious bodily injury.
However, in 2017, court records indicate he violated numerous conditions of his supervised release, including being arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Dec. 5, 2017; testing positive for cocaine Nov. 28, 2017, and admitting to using the drug; for being delinquent on $1,000 on probation fees and $755 in restitution; and for being unsuccessfully discharged from the Batterers Intervention Program on two occasions.
The DA’s office had asked Rincones to send Galvan to prison to serve his 10-year sentence for the 2016 conviction.
