People were waiting at a bus stop outside the center for migrants in Brownsville in the south of the state when a car suddenly burst into them on Sunday morning local time. The vast majority of the dead were migrants from Venezuela, says the head of the centre, Victor Maldonado. It is not yet known whether it was an accident or whether it was an intentional act. The police state that the driver was arrested at the scene. He has been taken to hospital under police guard, and blood samples have been taken from the man to see if he was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Emergency services rushed to the scene in Texas. Photo: AP Center leader Maldonado says that video from the centre’s surveillance cameras shows how the car crashes into the people who were waiting at the bus stop. Brownsville is located in the southernmost part of Texas right on the border with Mexico. The migrant center, called the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center, is the only center in Brownsville that offers overnight accommodation for migrants who have been released from federal custody. – During the last two months, between 250 and 380 people have come here to the center every day, says Maldonado. The center only has room for 250 migrants, but according to Maldonado, many of those who arrive there leave on the same day.
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