Texas Jury Convicts Driver Over Deaths of 8 People Struck by SUV Outside Migrant Shelter

Texas Jury Convicts Driver Over Deaths of 8 People Struck by SUV Outside Migrant Shelter
A passenger looks at a memorial site from a moving vehicle where eight migrants were killed, and several others injured the day before while waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, on May 8, 2023. Michael Gonzalez/AP Photo, File
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McALLEN, Texas—A Texas jury on Friday 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 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.