EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The government of Mexico on Friday honored the memory of the Aug. 3, 2019, El Paso Walmart shooting victims with a flower offering, a reading of their names and a pledge to their relatives not to forget them.
“I think there is still a lot of emotion that will never go away. These are difficult times around the 3rd of August every year,” said Maurico Ibarra Ponce de Leon, Mexico’s consul general in El Paso.
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The shooting left 23 people dead, including nine Mexican citizens, and 22 injured by gunfire. North Texas resident Patrick Crusius admitted to driving 10 hours to El Paso to kill Mexicans. He posted an online manifesto denouncing the “Hispanic invasion of Texas.” He is serving consecutive life sentences for the crime.
Ibarra said the consulate encourages community members to be on the lookout for “racist and xenophobic” speech that may lead to another tragedy…