Driver convicted in deaths of 8 people struck by SUV outside migrant shelter sentenced to 60 years

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A Texas jury on Friday found a driver guilty of intoxication manslaughter over the deaths of eight people who were struck by an SUV that plowed into a crowded bus stop outside a migrant shelter on the U.S.-Mexico border.

FILE - Patty Limon watches her daughters Annaalexis Limon and Monica Limon place a Venezuelan flag, painted by Annaalexis, at a memorial where eight migrants were killed, and several others injured the day before while waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, Monday, May 8, 2023.

Following the verdict, Alvarez apologized to the families of the victims. "From the bottom of my heart, I'm really sorry," he said. Ashley Flores, 33, was one of the jurors and said they didn't reach the decision easily or quickly. "We really did try to give him the benefit of the doubt, but unfortunately we did believe he was intoxicated at the time based on the evidence," Flores said.

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