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An Austin man is now facing criminal charges after driving Mexican migrants into a deadly head-on crash following a lengthy police chase near the Texas border on Monday.
Sebastian Tovar has been charged with "transporting illegal aliens resulting in death," U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden wrote.
When the Texas Department of Public Safety officer tried to pull 24-year old Tovar over for speeding near Del Rio, Texas, he refused and took off on Highway 277.
After a 50-mile police pursuit that saw speeds of more than 100 miles per hour, Tovar drove head-on into a pickup, killing eight of the migrants he had in tow.
While eight were killed in Tovar's maroon pickup, the driver and passenger in the other truck involved in the crash were hospitalized and are in stable condition.
In the same area as the crash, U.S. Border Patrol agents also apprehended 12 undocumented migrants who jumped out of a beige pickup truck and fled.
Both Tovar and the beige truck were collaborating to transport about 20 people across the Mexican border around Eagle Pass, according to two Mexican citizens who were taken into police custody.
Tovar, who is now in federal custody, could face up to life in prison.
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Giga Texas, the massive Tesla factory in southeast Travis County is getting even bigger.
The company filed with the city of Austin this week to expand its headquarters with a new 500,000-square-foot building. The permit application notes “GA 2 and 3 expansion,” which indicates the company will make two general assembly lines in the building.
More details about the plans for the building are unclear. The gigafactory has been focused on Model Y production since it opened in April, but the company is also aiming for Cybertruck production to kick off in mid-2023.
While there is room for expansion on the 3.3 square miles of land Tesla has, this move comes after CEO Elon Musk’s recent comments about the state of the economy and its impact on Tesla.
In a May interview with Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, Musk said the gigafactories in Berlin and Austin are “gigantic money furnaces” and said Giga Texas had manufactured only a small number of cars.
And in June, Musk sent a company wide email saying Tesla will be reducing salaried headcount by 10%, then later tweeted salaried headcount should be fairly flat.
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