Miguel Roberts

Jun 28, 2024 | scnow.com | Miguel Roberts |Miguel Roberts

George Alvarez, center, listens and reacts to his sentence alongside his attorneys on Friday, June 28, 2024, at the Cameron County Courthouse in Brownsville, Texas. A Texas jury found Alvarez guilty of intoxication manslaughter over the deaths of eight people who were struck by an SUV that plowed into a crowded bus stop outside a migrant shelter on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Jun 28, 2024 | chronicleonline.com | Miguel Roberts

A driver found guilty of intoxication manslaughter in the deaths of eight people struck by an SUV at a crowded bus stop outside a migrant shelter has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. A Texas jury convicted 35-year-old George Alvarez on eight counts of intoxication manslaughter on Friday. Authorities say Alvarez lost control of the vehicle after running a red light in May 2023. Authorities say he had cocaine in his system at the time.

Jun 28, 2024 | phillytrib.com | Miguel Roberts

A Texas jury has found a driver guilty of intoxication manslaughter over the deaths of eight people who were struck by an SUV that plowed into a crowded bus stop outside a migrant shelter on the U.S.-Mexico border. The verdict Friday was handed down by a Cameron County jury more than a year after authorities say George Alvarez lost control of the vehicle after running a red light. The deadly scene happened in Brownsville, which has long been an epicenter for migration.

Jun 28, 2024 | scnow.com | Miguel Roberts

Four people place a wooden cross in the ground, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Brownsville, Texas, that they built and hand-painted in homage to the eight Venezuelans who lost their lives when the driver of an SUV killed eight people when it slammed into a bus stop.

Jun 27, 2024 | pentictonherald.ca | Miguel Roberts

Four people place a wooden cross in the ground, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Brownsville, Texas, that they built and hand-painted in homage to the eight Venezuelans who lost their lives when the driver of an SUV killed eight people when it slammed into a bus stop.