A man pleads guilty to federal charges in the El Paso shooting that targeted Latinos

A man pleads guilty to federal charges in the El Paso shooting that targeted Latinos Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrés Leighton/AP Andrés Leighton/AP EL PASO, Texas — A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime and weapons charges in the racist attack at an El Paso Walmart in 2019, which prosecutors say was preceded by the gunman posting an online screed that warned of a "Hispanic invasion." Prosecutors have said he drove more than 10 hours from his hometown near Dallas to the largely Latino border city and published a document online shortly before the shooting that said it was "in response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas." National Nearly three years on, El Paso is still processing the trauma of a mass shooting Nearly three years on, El Paso is still processing the trauma of a mass shooting Listen · 6:10 6:10 The Aug. 3, 2019, shooting happened on a busy weekend at a Walmart that is typically popular with shoppers from Mexico and the U.S. America's Voice, an immigration reform group, said it tracked more than 80 Republican candidates during last year's midterm elections who amplified what they called "invasion" and "replacement" conspiracies.