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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deserved, american citizens are being wring dry of their money just for these migrants to live better lives than most LEGAL CITIZENS
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the fact is, americans are not real american, the real american was the people who called "indians"
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"Indians" got blown the fuck out, skill issue. Go on and cry me a trail of tears now.
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Yet, white Americans are set to be a minority within a few decades and you're just letting it happen. Atleast the native Indians put up a fight…
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Oy vey!
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APUSH REFERENCE LMAOOO love andrew jackson fr
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You acting like you'd do something if another country invaded America
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Go to the reservation and ask people what they think of migrants today. You'll probably hear things that would get you banned from WPD. For some people it will also apply to blacks.
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If I'm being honest I've actually heard a lot of natives defend undocumented immigrants, saying "no one is illegal on stolen land." I guess they're cool with it unless it's a European.
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Nah they're the ones on TV or at protests. They don't represent all the native Americans.
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Fair enough, it makes sense that those ppl are only a small fraction.
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that happened so long ago tf r we supposed to do bring them back..? we are watching issues in real time and are trying to stop it, colonizers didn't have that realization until years later that what they did was wrong so please don't fucking compare that you sound stupid
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These sp1cs should've stayed where they were. NY motorists should take note of this lol
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