The family of a motorcyclist killed in a wrong-way crash in Mission is speaking out for the first time, as the suspect in the case pushes to lower his more than $3 million bond.

The victim's family says they are against any reduction.

The Texas Department of Public Safety told Channel 5 News that 23-year-old John Alonso was riding on the frontage road near Holland Avenue in Mission on May 3 when another motorcyclist evading troopers drove the wrong way and crashed into him last month.

The Mission Police Department took over the investigation.

The suspect, Apolonio Perez, was charged on June 16 with murder, intoxication manslaughter, and evading arrest.

Apolonio Perez. Photo credit: Hidalgo County jail rercords. 

A criminal complaint obtained by Channel 5 News said Perez led DPS troopers on a chase that lasted over eight miles. A toxicology report revealed that Perez had a blood alcohol concentration of .19 at the time of the crash, more than twice the legal limit.

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Court records show Perez is asking a judge to lower his bond. His attorneys argue in a court filing this month that the bond is excessive, oppressive and beyond his financial means.

Alonso's mother, Norma Alonso, is pushing back.

"I just want justice for my son because that reduction that he wants, I don't want for him to get out because he killed my son," Norma Alonso said.

Alonso's sister, Jessica Vazquez, described him as someone who loved making people laugh.

"He was a very happy person; everybody who knew him knew how funny he was. John would make a joke about everything," Vazquez said.

Vazquez said Alonso spent his time working construction out of town and riding motorcycles with friends when he was in the Rio Grande Valley.

"His pastimes were him going on his motorcycle, riding with his friends all the time. If he was here in the Valley, he was riding with his friends," Vazquez said.

Alonso was the youngest of three siblings and was known as the "cool" uncle at family gatherings.

Vazquez said the family was blindsided by the news of his death.

"Having somebody come to your house at 10 a.m. telling you that there was an accident and it wasn't your son's fault and that he passed away, our first reaction was what happened, what happened exactly," Vazquez said.

She said her brother was not at fault.

"He was not doing anything. My brother doesn't drink, doesn't smoke… somebody else was evading traffic and hit John head-on," Vazquez said.

The family says they want people to remember Alonso for how he lived, not how he died.

"That's all I want to remember him as, my brother the funny boy who's out there riding his bike, because I'm pretty sure he just wanted to come home. He was ready to come home," Vazquez said.

Perez has a bond reduction hearing set for Thursday.

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