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Defense witness describes nightclub brawl, missing radio and knee strike in El Volcán trial
Summary
Mariano Rendon Jr., co‑owner and host at El Volcán, testified that he and staff intervened in an Aug. 20, 2023 brawl, that a security radio and baton went missing afterward and GPS‑pinged to Nixon, Texas, and that he put one knee on a man’s stomach to prevent access to a holstered weapon.
Mariano Rendon Jr., a co‑owner and on‑floor host at the El Volcán nightclub, testified under direct examination that during an altercation on Aug. 20, 2023 he and staff rushed to break up a crowd and that he put “one knee on his stomach” because the man’s hands were near a security guard’s holster.
Rendon told the jury the club regularly staffed multiple armed security officers and that his standard closing procedures include removing beer buckets and sweeping the dance floor. “That’s my biggest fear,” Rendon said when asked whether the presence of a weapon in the pile of people alarmed him. “I put one knee on his stomach. His his hands were touching the holster.”
On cross‑examination the prosecutor pressed Rendon about gaps in the footage and…
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