Opening statements were made Tuesday in the first day of the trial of the man accused of killing eight migrants and injuring 10 others in a car crash.

George Alvarez had been in custody since the May 7, 2023, crash that happened at a bus stop outside the Ozanam Center shelter in Brownsville.

Body camera footage from one of the officers responding to the scene was shown to the jury. The graphic footage showed bodies all over the ground, as well as pools of blood and people crying in pain.

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Alvarez was indicted on a total of 26 charges in connection with the crash, and is on trial for the eight charges of intoxication manslaughter he pleaded not guilty to. He previously pleaded guilty to a total of 18 charges of manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Prosecutor Arturo Teniente said a lab test from the Texas Department of Public Safety showed Alvarez tested positive for cocaine metabolite.

Alvarez's defense attorney, Cesar De Leon, argued that Alvarez confessed to having done cocaine several days prior to the crash, and was not intoxicated at the time of the crash.

Jurors saw and heard Alvarez tell police he blacked out before the crash. At one point, Alvarez was heard asking one of the officers what had happened. 

Body camera footage from the lead investigator in the case also showed Alvarez being taken to the hospital, where a urine and blood sample was taken that showed cocaine and other drugs in his system.

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A police officer who took to the stand on Tuesday told the court he didn't smell alcohol on Alvarez, but his eyes were bloodshot, and he appeared to be on drugs. 

Testimony will continue on Wednesday morning, when a pathologist and a toxicologist take the stand. 

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