Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty to all federal charges on Wednesday, nearly three and a half years after the 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, considered one of the deadliest attacks on Latinos in modern history in the United States.

After federal prosecutors declared last month that they would not seek the death penalty, lawyers for Crusius, 24, who killed 23 people and injured 22 others at a Cielo Vista Walmart on August 3, 2019, filed a motion for a new indictment and indicated that he would change his confession. So he agreed to accept 90 consecutive life sentences, one for each charge against him.

“The charges included 45 counts of violation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. for the Prevention of Hate Crimes and 45 counts of use of a firearm 'during and in connection with crimes of violence'. The confession also included 22 hate crimes resulting in bodily harm related to the attempts to kill 22 people injured in the shooting, plus 45 firearms violations, 23 counts of using a firearm in a federal felony of violence resulting in death and 22 counts of using a firearm in a federal crime of violence,” according to a Latino Rebels publication.

“Today, the Department of Justice secured the guilty plead of Patrick Wood Crusius, a self-described white nationalist, to federal hate crimes and firearms in connection with the mass shooting of people deemed to be Hispanic immigrants at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in 2019,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “Nothing can undo the immeasurable loss suffered by the loved ones of the victims of this attack or the terror inflicted on the El Paso community in its wake. Today's action makes clear that the Department of Justice will not tolerate hate-fueled violence that jeopardizes the safety of our communities."

In a statement of facts agreed and signed by Crusius, he admitted to killing and injuring people at Walmart because of the “real and perceived Hispanic national origin” of the people he expected to meet at Walmart. In addition to admitting that he intended to kill everyone he shot, he also confirmed that he wrote the manifest titled “An Inconvenient Truth,” which he posted online shortly before the attack, according to the same publication.

“In the manifest, he described himself as a white nationalist motivated to kill Latinos because they were moving to the United States. Crusius also admitted that he targeted the border town to dissuade Mexicans and other Latino immigrants from coming to the United States,” notes Latino Rebels.

The language used by Crusius is the rhetoric also used by prominent conservative politicians, pundits and social media influencers who paint a picture of the United States being “invaded” by Latinos.

“It has always been our intention to obtain proper justice for all the victims of the senseless shooting in El Paso, their always resilient families, and the brave community that continues to feel the pain of that day,” said First Assistant District Attorney Margaret Leachman. “We continue to support everyone whose lives have been impacted, and my hope is that this appeal will lead to a ruling that can serve as an example of how the US justice system does not tolerate anyone who chooses to harm our loved ones and our neighbors, especially when motivated by hatred”.

Crusius is due to be sentenced in June.