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February 9, 2023

El Paso Walmart Shooter, Who Killed 23 People in Racist Attack, Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes
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In Texas, the white supremacist gunman who killed 23 people at an El
Paso Walmart in 2019 pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to hate
crimes and weapons charges. The gunman still faces state murder charges
that could bring him the death penalty. The shooting was the deadliest
attack on the Latinx community in modern U.S. history. Shortly before
the massacre, the shooter published a racist online manifesto echoing
President Trump's rhetoric about an "invasion" of immigrants crossing
the southern border. That language has since been echoed by other
Republican leaders, including Texas Governor Greg Abbott.


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