Hate Crimes On The Rise In Texas, Data Shows

By Lexi Salazar, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

July 6, 2023

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — The sentencing hearing for the Allen man who pleaded guilty to 90 federal charges in the 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart began Wednesday morning.

Of those charges, half are hate crimes. The shooting was one of the deadliest attacks on Latinos in modern U.S. history, killing 23 people. Authorities say Patrick Crusius drove from Allen to El Paso with the sole intent of killing Mexicans. In his guilty plea, the self-described white nationalist admitted to writing an anti-immigrant manifesto and uploading it to the internet minutes before the attack.

As a result of the guilty plea, federal prosecutors are recommending 90 consecutive life sentences for the suspect, instead of the death penalty.

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