Eight people, among them migrants from Honduras, died yesterday Wednesday in the state Texas (southern US) in a car accident during a police pursuit of a man suspected of being a trafficker, authorities said.
The driver who caused the fatal accident was carrying five Immigrants without papers and tried to escape from the police near the city of Batesville, about a hundred kilometers from the border with Mexico, an official of the public security services in Texas explained to AFP.
While trying to overtake, he collided with another car, as a result of which the two occupants were killed, the same source added. The suspect and his five passengers were also killed, he continued, clarifying that among the victims were irregular migrants from Honduras.
Since Joe Biden took office, US authorities have carried out about six million deportations along the southern border with Mexico, according to AFP and the Athens News Agency.
A year before the presidential election in November 2024, the issue of immigration continues to cause fierce political confrontations in the US, with Republicans continuing to accuse the ruling Democrats of turning the border into a strainer.
Source: News Beast
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