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Name Not Disclosed 7 of 8

Gender : Unknown

Age :

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 11/08/2023

Location : Highway 57

City : Batesville

County : Zavala

State : Texas

Agency : DPS Highway Patrol

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Migrants killed by police chase crash under Operation Lone Star

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Texas DPS Highway patrol saw a “suspicious vehicle” and tried to traffic-stop it. The vehicle did not stop and police escalated a chase that ended when the fleeing vehicle hit another vehicle head-on. A total of eight people were killed including the driver, 5 migrants and 2 third party motorists in the vehicle that was hit head-on.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/11/08/exclusive-eight-dead-in-texas-after-human-smuggling-pursuit-ends-in-crash/