(Houston) Eight people, including several migrants from Honduras, were killed Wednesday in Texas, in the southern United States, in a road accident during a chase between the police and a man suspected of being a smuggler , announced local authorities.
The driver behind the accident was transporting five undocumented migrants and was trying to escape police near the Texan town of Batesville, about 100 kilometers from the border with Mexico, AFP reported. a Texas public safety official.
While trying to overtake a car, the driver collided with another vehicle, killing the two passengers inside, the official said on condition of anonymity.
The suspect and his five passengers were also killed, he added, specifying that several victims were from Honduras.
Since Joe Biden’s arrival at the White House, American authorities have carried out around six million pushbacks at the southern border with Mexico.
One year before the 2024 presidential election, illegal immigration is a highly political subject in the United States, with Republicans accusing the ruling Democrats of having transformed the borders into a sieve.