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BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: At least 46 people were found dead inside a tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side, according to multiple law enforcement sources and the Archbishop of San Antonio.
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Dozens of mariachi musicians had traveled to Uvalde with the hope that they could deliver a dose of comfort. With trumpets, strings and serenades, their music speaks to a community’s profound sorrow. https://t.co/aefNYCmhbm
“There’s a pride in this music — it’s ours.” Dozens of mariachi musicians rode into Uvalde, Texas, to perform at a memorial to victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting. https://t.co/I0vaBPpzyr
I’ve done a great job of not crying my eyes out since I arrived in #Uvalde last week on Tuesday, but the San Antonio mariachis performing Amor Eterno broke me — I needed this cry. These students, these parents, these families, this town did not deserve this.
South Texas Marine Freddy Gonzalez was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the #VietnamWar. In a letter to his mother he says, “don’t forget me down there in Edinburg.” @VocesCenter@KUT@TexasStandard#MemorialDay#Latinos https://t.co/Hy3IGpDP6G
"This is on you until you choose to do something": Beto O'Rourke confronts Gov. Abbott at briefing on Texas elementary school shooting. https://t.co/RdYLvfum24
There is no such thing as being “pro-life” while supporting laws that let children be shot in their schools, elders in grocery stores, worshippers in their houses of faith, survivors by abusers, or anyone in a crowded place.
It is an idolatry of violence. And it must end.
Lourdes Maldonado López is the second journalist in a week to be found killed in Tijuana, a border town in northern Mexico. A colleague says the community are "shaken and overwhelmed" and that nobody has been detained for the killing https://t.co/eDyOzaeTjd
Tres periodistas asesinados en un mes en México. La última, Lourdes Maldonado, a quien de nada sirvió alertar de que su vida corría peligro. La asesinaron igual, como a tantos otros, para silenciar a la prensa, para acallar las voces críticas. https://t.co/UNT0Jrb1Wn
President Biden's message in honor of Cesar Chavez Day, and his strong message of support for a path forward for undocumented farm workers. #FarmWorkforceModernizationAct