seven people died and six others were injured on Sunday in the US city of Brownsville, Texas, border with Mexico, when they were hit by a vehicle in front of a immigrant centerthe Police reported. In the last few hours there was a mass shooting in Dallas.
The driver of the vehicle “ran over several people who were waiting at a bus stop” in Brownsville, local police spokesman Martín Sandoval told an ABC affiliate television channel.
“At 8:30 a.m. (1:30 p.m. GMT) in the morning we received a call from a gray truck that went through a red traffic light and ran over several people. We confirm that there are seven people who have died and others who have gone to the hospital,” he explained. Sandoval.
“We have almost ten (injured) but there may be more. We have detained the driver of the vehicle, he is under arrest, but we have him in the hospital because he also received several injuries,” he explained.
Some “of the people were (migrants) but we don’t know if all the people who died are immigrants. It is something that we are investigating with the border police,” the spokesperson said.
“We are not saying that it is intentional. For now we are treating it as an accident,” he concluded.
The driver of the vehicle will be prosecuted for dangerous driving, but could be subject to other charges, according to police.
“It was suddenly. A lady passed by in a car and tells us to get out of the way and we get out of the way. It was in a matter of moments. The murderer (sic) came in the car pointing at us, insulting us, saying things like ‘motherfucker’ (son of a bitch), I don’t know, things like that I don’t understand“Luis Herrera, a 36-year-old Venezuelan who was at the scene and was injured in the arm, told AFP.
“He gave all the volume (speed) to the car and it just passed me by one side”he held pointing to his arm.
The incident took place when the authorities in the United States are preparing to lift a health measure known as “Title 42”, which due to the covid-19 pandemic has allowed border patrol agents to deport or reject migrants without even accept their asylum applications.
The impending expiration of the rule has authorities fearing an increase in the number of immigrants entering the country illegally. USA.
The homeless center in front of which the incident occurred this Sunday is currently receiving migrants due to “the current influx” of people crossing the border from Mexico, Sandoval explained.
Source: Ambito
