2023-05-08 05:23:22
The Government of Venezuela urged the United States to investigate the abuse of migrants that occurred this Sunday in Texas, that cost the lives of seven Venezuelans, a “tragic” and “painful” event for which the Executive of the Caribbean country expressed its “deepest regret.”
Through a statement, released by the Foreign Ministry, the Government of Nicolás Maduro urged the US authorities “corresponding to in-depth investigation of the facts and to clarify their causes, in order to rule out any intention related to hate and xenophobia practices once morest the Venezuelan people that have been expressed in the past.”
These “practices,” he said, are “the product of a culture of violence and intolerance promoted by extremist sectors of American politics and society.”
The so-called Bolivarian revolution expressed “its sincere condolences to relatives and relatives of the victims.”
The accident occurred in front of a center for the homeless in Brownsville, Texas, which currently also serves to house immigrants.
Lieutenant Martín Sandoval, spokesman for the Brownsville police, identified the perpetrator of the hit-and-run as a Hispanic man at a press conference.
He specified that the authorities are still investigating whether the accident was intentional or accidental and that witnesses said they saw the driver ignore the red light before running over the group of people waiting at the bus stop.
The driver was detained by several witnesses to what happened and held until the police arrived.
The person in charge of the Obispo Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center, Víctor Maldonado, pointed out that the victims were Venezuelan men and that at the time of the event between 20 and 25 migrants were sitting on the sidewalk waiting for a bus across the street from the shelter.
He indicated that the migrants came from Venezuela and had arrived at the shelter two or three days ago.
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