Migrant accused of raping and killing Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, appears in court as horrific new details emerge

One of the two illegal Venezuelan migrants accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray appeared in court Monday, as horrific new details about her death emerged.

Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, wore a yellow jumpsuit with his hands cuffed in front of him as he faced capital murder charges for the girl's death.

He and his roommate, Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21 - another Venezuelan migrant - are accused of raping and killing the preteen, and disposing of her body in a Houston bayou.

'Our immigration system is broken, and if there was ever a case that reflected that it's this one,' Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said at a news conference following the bail hearing Monday. 

Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, appeared in court for a bond hearing on Monday

He, right, and Johan Jose Martinez Rangel, left, are facing murder charges for the death of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray

Prosecutors say that the two men, who lived in the same apartment complex as Nungaray, followed her to a nearby 7/11 shortly after she snuck out of her house on June 16, and asked her for directions.

While at the convenience store, Nungaray called her 13-year-old boyfriend - who later reported he heard her talking to two adults.

The suspects then allegedly lured Nungaray under a bridge, where they stripped her naked to the waist and sexually assaulted her for two hours, according to court documents obtained by Fox 26.  

Ramos and Martinez also allegedly bound Nungaray's hands behind her back during the assault, then strangled her and dumped her body in the bayou.

She would be found by a passerby hours later, with her feet also bound and her back covered in cuts, Click 2 Houston reports.

Ramos and Martinez allegedly assaulted Nungaray (pictured) for two hours before strangling her and disposing of her body

Ramos later confessed to police that he had kissed Jocelyn that night, but blamed other parts of the assault and her death on his roommate, Harris County Assistant District Attorney Megan Long said in court.

She and other prosecutors now claim Rangel grabbed Jocelyn around the neck, got on top of her and put his hands over her mouth in an apparent effort to stop her from screaming.

Martinez allegedly shaved his beard to avoid detection in the aftermath, and just two days after Nungaray's body was found, police say Ramos cut off an ankle monitor he was fitted with when he crossed the border illegally at El Paso on May 28.

The discarded ankle monitor was found last Wednesday NewsNation reported.

He also allegedly asked his employer at a construction site for extra cash so he could skip town. 

But the boss instead contacted police, and Ramos was arrested, according to the Houston Chronicle. 

Ramos was arrested after allegedly asking his boss for more money so he could skip town

Martinez, another Venezuelan migrant, is due to face his own bond hearing on Tuesday

In court on Monday, Judge Josh Hill set Ramos' bond at $10 million - double what prosecutors recommended and 10 times the amount sought by the defense 

The judge declared that Ramos was an 'astronomical' flight risk, and the chances of him returning to court with a lower bond would be 'near zero.'

He noted that, as a new migrant to the area, Ramos had no ties to Houston.  

He was released into the country after telling border patrol officials he feared for his life if he was to be sent back to Venezuela, and claimed he was going to live with a cousin in Houston, sources told The Post.

Instead, Ramos became roommates with Martinez - who also entered the country illegally on March 14 and was fitted with an ankle monitor. His was removed in May, after Border Patrol determined he had no known criminal history.

Both men are now facing capital murder charges, and could be sentenced to the death penalty if the ongoing investigation reveals evidence that Nungaray was sexually assaulted or kidnapped, District Attorney Kim Ogg said.

Martinez is due to face his own bond hearing on Tuesday, and prosecutors are once again urging the judge to set his bail at $10 million as well, according to Local 21. 

Alexis Nungaray, Jocelyn's mother, slammed the suspects as 'monsters'

The Nungaray family is pictured comforting one another at the hearing on Monday

Nungaray's mother, Alexis, has blasted the accused killers as 'monsters' who took away her daughter's future.

'She was amazing, I still see her face in the back of my head everyday, all day,' Alexis said of her child at a news conference following the bond hearing on Monday.

'I keep getting little signs about her throughout the day, and it's been a very, very hard time for me and my family.

'She had such a bright future ahead of her, and I knew she was gonna go very far, and those monsters took that opportunity from her, from our family,' she said.