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Venezuelan Shot by ICE Needs Urgent Medical Care, Mother Tells AFP

His family says he has paralysis and only received painkillers after two hospitalizations, while investigators review the shooting with FBI assistance.

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez told reporters he was working on Sunday in Austin, Texas, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents rammed his vehicle and shot him in the upper back. The shooting marked the latest instance of violence by ICE agents tasked with enforcing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. The 28-year-old Venezuelan remains in federal ICE custody. His mother, Flor Perez, said the bullet had caused paralysis on …

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Family members of Wilber Garcés, a Venezuelan shot by ICE in Texas, report a lack of adequate medical care while in detention.

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Wilber Garcés Pérez's family, a Venezuelan migrant who was shot and wounded by the immigration police in Austin, USA, requested that he be operated urgently, in an interview with the AFP.

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Venezuelan shot by ICE needs urgent medical care, mother tells AFP

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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The mother of Venezuelan migrant Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, shot on Sunday by an agent of the Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE) in Austin, Texas, requested that the son be urgently submitted to surgery for the removal of the bullet lodged near his spine. The 28-year-old Venezuelan remains in federal custody and, according to his family and his lawyer, presents pain and loss of movement on the left side of the body. — He is badly inj…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Her lawyer's office, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, responded that the images do not provide the full context necessary to understand what happened and asked ICE to publish the available recordings in full.

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Young Venezuelan was wounded by ICE this Sunday in the United States. Mother cries for medical attention

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laprensadelara.com broke the news on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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