El Paso absorbs more grief as shooting deaths climb to 22
The HinduThe Texas border city jolted by a weekend massacre at a Walmart absorbed still more grief on August 5 as the death toll climbed to 22 and fear lingered in El Paso, where the shooting rampage claimed more lives than the number of murders here just two years ago. Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, who was an El Paso congressman for six years, also said Mr. Trump should stay away. When years of drug cartel-driven violence in neighboring Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, left tens of thousands of people dead, El Paso still had one of the nation’s lowest crime rates. ‘Divisive words’ Vanessa Tavarez, 36, from the rural West Texas town of Seagraves, travelled to El Paso on August 3 to renew her Mexican husband’s residency and work documents. He said Mr. Trump has a right to go wherever he wants, including El Paso, but he worries that the President’s presence might incite more violence.