Tag: El Paso mass shooting

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  El Paso residents tell Trump he is not welcome and to stay away

  

  Residents in majority-Hispanic El Paso told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to stay away amid fury over his anti-immigration rhetoric as he struggles to unite the country in the wake of mass shootings that killed 32 people.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 10:08 UTC

  Uruguay joins Venezuela, recommends travellers visiting US to take extreme precautions because of violence and hate crimes

  

  After the weekend shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, which left more than 31 dead, Uruguay followed on Monday Venezuela and warned their citizens to exercise caution when traveling in the United States.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Bolsonaro argues that disarming people is not going to stop mass shootings

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro argued for his signature policy of relaxing gun control measures, saying they will not stop mass shootings such as those that left 31 dead in the US over the weekend. “Disarming people isn't going to keep that from happening,” Bolsonaro said.

• Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Mass shootings: Trump says “hate has no place” but fingers point to his divisive rhetoric

  

  An under-fire President Donald Trump said on Sunday that “hate has no place” in the United States after two mass shootings left 29 dead and sparked accusations that his rhetoric was part of the problem.