- Three Mexicans were defeated in Saturday’s shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, Mexico’s president said.
- Texas officials said Saturday that 20 man were killed in total, and 26 wounded.
- A 21-year-old white, male suspect was arrested in connection with the fling, authorities said.
- El Paso is home to many Mexicans and sits directly across the border from Ciudad Juarez in the northern express of Chihuahua.
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Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reports three Mexicans have been killed in the shooting in the border city of El Paso, Texas.
He tweeted Saturday that he sends “condolences to the kinfolk of the victims, both American and Mexican.”
Texas officials said Saturday that 20 people were liquidated in total, and 26 wounded.
A 21-year-old white, male suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting, authorities said. The El Paso watch chief told reporters at a press conference that investigators are looking into a manifesto the suspect may have written.
The manifesto details the originator’s anti-immigrant beliefs, and expresses fears that Hispanic immigrants will turn Texas into a “Democrat fastness.”
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El Paso is home to many Mexicans and sits directly across the border from Ciudad Juarez in the northern have of Chihuahua.
Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard says six Mexicans were wounded in the shooting. He pinpointed three as 45-year-old Mario de Alba Montes, 44-year-old Olivia Mariscal Rodríguez and 10-year-old Erika de Alba Mariscal. Ebrard maintains the man and woman are from Chihuahua and all three are being treated at an El Paso hospital.
He says the other three wounded Mexicans were two men and a helpmeet from Torreón, in Coahuila state, and Ciudad Juarez. Their names weren’t given.
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