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Victor Cuevas given new bond after several hours of testimony in bond hearing
Cuevas is to remain in custody of the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office until he makes bond.
It was an all-day bond hearing in a Fort Bend County courtroom, ending with a murder suspect who had been seen taking a tiger into a west Houston home last weekend having his bond revoked and a new bond set.
Judge Frank Fraley revoked bond for Victor Cuevas, 26, in the case of a 2017 murder. The judge set a new bond of $300,000 with the same conditions as before.
Cuevas, who we learned from his wife's is an MMA fighter, is to remain in custody of the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office until he makes bond. He is also being given a new trial date for the 2017 case.
Cuevas' attorney, Michael Elliott, said after the ruling that it may be a few days before Cuevas is bonded out, if he is. He added that the family has to make that decision.
The ruling came after a hearing that lasted all day Friday.
Cuevas is the man at the center of the Houston tiger investigation. The bond on the murder charge is unrelated to the tiger investigation, but prosecutors said Cuevas has violated his bond conditions in connection with the incident.
Cuevas was already out on bond for the murder charge when the Harris County District Attorney's Office charged him with evading arrest after he allegedly ran away from police with the tiger in the back of an SUV Friday.
Cuevas was arrested Monday night and placed into Fort Bend County jail. By Wednesday he was released on a $50,000 bond.
Prosecutors said Cuevas violated the conditions of his original bond and they wanted him back behind bars.
Before the bond hearing, Elliott spoke to the media and continued to double down on the tiger, who is named "India," not being his client's.
Elliot said Cuevas loved the tiger and treated her well, but the tiger does not belong to Cuevas.
During the court hearing, the off-duty Waller County deputy who came face-to-face with the tig
