about Texas this weekend was truly brutal. Barely a day after we reported on the shooting at a shopping center that left 9 dead and several injured, another tragedy strikes. A driver ran over a group of migrants and yes, there are also dead and injured people.
It was all very fast. The driver on board of a van ran the red light of the traffic light and He went straight to the group of migrantswho they were sitting at a bus stop waiting for transportation.
They run over a group of migrants in Brownsville, Texas: 7 dead and 6 injured
It happened in the city of Brownsville, Texas, in front of the Ozanam center, a refuge for migrants. According to data from the security camera that recorded the terrible scene, It was 7:30 in the morning this Sunday, May 7, when the subject ran over the migrants.
The truck was traveling at full speed when it struck the group., in addition to hitting more people who were walking on the sidewalk. After the vehicle overturned, witnesses they held the driver while Texas police arrived on scene.
However, the damage was done. 7 migrants died and 6 more people were injured. In the words of the director of the Ozanam center, most of the victims were men of Venezuelan origin.
On the other hand, a spokesman for Brownsville police say the driver has been arrested. for the crime of “reckless driving”, but surely More charges will be added as investigations progress.
The driver’s motive for running over the migrants is unknown
So far there is no clarity about the reasons for this terrible event. Although the cameras show that the truck was going very fast and directly to the migrants, Texas police cannot confirm that it was intentional, but it is not ruled out entirely either.
The main cause of the above is that the first hypothesis of any person would be a racial or xenophobic issue because they are migrants. Texas is a state where Republican speech often provokes hatred towards foreigners, but the driver of the van is of Hispanic origin.
testimonials collected by the brownsville police and quoted by CNNindicate that several Witnesses saw the driver of the van “lose control” vehicle.
We leave you, finally, the Video of the moment the driver runs over the migrantsbut not before warning you that the images are very, very strong.
