The
worst attack in recent US history against Latinos occurred this year.
The
aggressor, a 21-year-old white young man named Patrick Crusius, has been
singled out as a white supremacist who wanted to shoot "against
Mexicans" and who spoke of a "Hispanic invasion" in the state of
Texas.
On the
morning of Saturday, August 3, Crusius entered a WalMart store in the Mexican
border city of El Paso and killed 22 people, in addition to injuring more than
twenty.
Most of
the deceased were of Latin origin, in a city where this community constitutes
80% of the population and in which English and Spanish coexist equally.
The
attack caused fear in the Latino communities of the United States. and raised
questions about the government's efforts to combat domestic terrorism and the
groups of nationalism and white supmacy.
The "El
Paso" shooting was the most tragic and extreme incident. But often there are new
testimonies of Latinos who report being insulted for speaking Spanish in public
or in the workplace or face comments like "go back to the country you came
from".
SOURCE: BBC
