Police in a Texas border city announced manslaughter charges Monday against a local resident who allegedly plowed his SUV into a crowd at a bus stop killing eight men, including several Venezuelan migrants.
Brownsville Police Chief Felix Sauceda said George Alvarez, 34, ran a red light and lost control of his car in the southern US city, leaving 10 others injured, some of them in critical condition.
Sauceda said authorities were still awaiting a toxicology report on Alvarez, who had a history of run-ins with the law, and had not ruled out any motive for the incident.
"George Alvarez is a Brownsville local with an extensive rap sheet," Sauceda said, displaying a long list of previous charges including assault, burglary and driving while intoxicated.
In addition to the eight counts of manslaughter, Alvarez was charged with 10 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon -- his vehicle.
Sauceda did not provide details on the victims, other than confirming that "several" were migrants from Venezuela.
He said police were in touch with the Venezuelan government and with foreign embassies with regard to the victims.
Victor Maldonado, the executive director of the Ozanam Center, a homeless shelter across the street from the crash, said there was a crowd of about 25 people waiting at a bus stop at the time.
Maldonado said the group included Venezuelans who had just eaten breakfast at the facility.
He described a grisly scene, with body parts strewn along the street.
It was unclear if the crash had been accidental or deliberate.
Witnesses were "really shocked," Maldonado told AFP. "It was pretty intense."
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If it was a Hispanic man crashing his car into white migrants y'all would be distraught, just saying
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Pretty sure the guy that crashed the car was the same race as the guys he killed
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he was bi racial (black and white)
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With a name like George Alvarez? This guy was 100% hispanic.
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Learn the concept of ethnicity, idiot.
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Yeah, George Alvarez was clearly of caucasian and african ancestry.
What the fuck are you on about dipshit?
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Eyup, You're right!
Hispanics have very bad music taste. They blast this awful music at th' gym and I loathe to be subjected to it. It all sounds th' same and there is no variety. And it's all they ever play! White music, on th' other talon, is actually diverse and unique.
How ironic is that?
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fucking indian people have more musical diversity than whites, the only white genre i can think of is country/folk
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