BROWNSVILLE — Many residents here united in prayer and remembrance during a candlelight vigil at Linear Park Monday, in homage to eight Venezuelans who lost their lives on Sunday.
At 8:30 a.m. Sunday, an SUV driver slammed into a group waiting at a bus stop along North Minnesota Avenue across from Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center.
The driver, later identified as 34-year-old George Alvarez, is well known to police, has an extensive rap sheet and is being held on $3.6 million in bonds at the Brownsville city jail, Police Chief Felix Sauceda said during a press conference Monday.
Those in attendance stood in silence in honor of those who lost their lives on that early Sunday morning.
A migrant mother mourns for her son, while holding a sign with his name on it, as the community gathered for a candlelight vigil at Linear Park Monday, May 8, 2023, in Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)A migrant mother mourns for her son, while holding a sign with his name on it, as the community gathered for a candlelight vigil at Linear Park Monday, May 8, 2023, in Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)Sister Norma Pimentel consoles survivor Luis Herrera, of Venezuela, during a candlelight vigil Monday, May 8, 2023, in Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)The community came together during a candlelight vigil at Linear Park Monday, May 8, 2023, in Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)The community came together during a candlelight vigil at Linear Park Monday, May 8, 2023, in Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)The community came together during a candlelight vigil at Linear Park Monday, May 8, 2023, in Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)The community came together during a candlelight vigil at Linear Park Monday, May 8, 2023, in Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)The community came together during a candlelight vigil at Linear Park Monday, May 8, 2023, in Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)Four Venezuelans place wooden cross in the ground, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Brownsville, that they built and hand-painted in homage to the eight Venezuelans who lost their lives when the driver of an SUV killed eight people when it slammed into a bus stop. Authorities believe the driver, 34-year-old George Alvarez of Brownsville, lost control after running a red light Sunday morning, May 7, and plowed into a crowd outside a migrant center that has for years been a hub for migration across the U.S.-Mexico border. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
