2023-05-07 22:48:37
On Sunday, seven Venezuelans died and ten others were injured after an unknown man rammed them as they were sitting at a bus stop in the border city of Brownsville, Texas.
Brownsville is a city located in Cameron County in the US state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population of Brownsville is approximately 184,000.
This is what we know from the data provided on the run over Venezuelans in Texas.
- The migrants were at an unmarked bus stop in front of the Centro Obispo Enrique San Pedro Ozanam shelter.
- The center is not a migrant shelter but a homeless facility that now receives hundreds of migrants arriving in the United States.
- The bus stop does not have any bench or visible brand, the people were there sitting on the sidewalk.
- At the time of the incident, between 20 and 25 migrants were sitting on the sidewalk waiting for a bus across the street from the shelter.
- The event occurred at 8:30 in the morning local Texas time.
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- The deceased are mostly men of Venezuelan origin. Their identities have not yet been released.
- The attacker is of Hispanic origin and was aboard a Range Rover van. He has also not been identified.
- “What we see in the video is that this SUV, a Range Rover, jumped the traffic light that was about 30 meters away and ran over the people who were sitting at the bus stop,” said Víctor Maldonado, director of the shelter. .
- The SUV overturned after getting on the sidewalk and continued advancing about 60 meters. Some people who were walking on the sidewalk about 10 meters from the main group were also run over.
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- Witnesses stopped the driver as he tried to flee and held him until the police arrived.
- Police are still trying to figure out if the driver was intoxicated or intentionally ran over people.
- He is currently in the hospital and as soon as he is stabilized he will be transferred to the local jail.
- At the moment, the driver is charged with reckless driving. More charges are likely, adding that the attack appeared to be intentional, the local police chief said.
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- The director of the refugee center denounced that some people arrived after the incident and blamed them for the tragedy.
- The shelter has a capacity for 250 people, but many who arrive leave the same day.
- In recent weeks, an uptick in border crossings led the city to declare an emergency as local, state and federal resources coordinated law enforcement and humanitarian response.
With information from AP, Fox News, EFE and >
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