“Today’s action makes clear that the Justice Department will not tolerate hate-fueled violence that endangers the safety of our communities.”Ĭrusius sat next to his attorneys as he repeatedly confirmed he understood the rights he was waiving with his guilty pleas. “Nothing can undo the immeasurable loss suffered by the loved ones of the victims of that attack or the terror inflicted on the El Paso community in its wake,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. The guilty plea is part of a plea agreement in which the prosecution recommends 90 consecutive life sentences. Wearing a navy jail jumpsuit and glasses while handcuffed, Crusius verbally pleaded “guilty” to each charge as the judge read the 90 counts aloud, a list that included the names of the deceased victims and wounded survivors. He was accused of killing 23 people in 2019 at a Walmart in El Paso. Patrick Crusius plead guilty to all federal charges on Wednesday, nearly three and a half years after the 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas – one of the deadliest attacks on Latinos in modern US history.Ĭrusius, 24, had pleaded not guilty in 2020 to the 90 federal charges he faces, including hate crimes resulting in death, use of a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a crime of violence, hate crimes involving attempt to kill, and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

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