Man shot by ICE agents in Texas says he is in detention with bullet in back
His lawyer says he remained in ICE custody with the bullet lodged near his spine and no pain medication after the shooting.
- On Sunday, a federal immigration agent shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan DoorDash driver, during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas; Perez remains in custody with a bullet lodged in his back.
- Federal agents stopped Perez while checking license plates and discovered an outstanding deportation order. Officials claim he fled in his vehicle, leading to a chase and shooting, though his attorney disputes the account.
- Perez, currently held at the South Texas ICE Processing Center, reports left-side paralysis and inadequate medical care. His attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, stated, "Regardless of his status, the use of force was unwarranted. As far as we understand, he was here legally."
- About 100 protesters gathered in Austin on Sunday following the incident. The Department of Homeland Security stated Perez "had a final order of removal," but has not provided further details or responded to requests for comment.
- Amid a surge in ICE enforcement during President Donald Trump's second term, federal officers have been involved in multiple shootings this year, resulting in at least four fatalities. The incident underscores escalating agency scrutiny.
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The spokesman-ReviewMan shot by ICE agents in Texas says he is in detention with bullet in back
A man identified as the Venezuelan who was shot and wounded by a federal immigration agent in Texas said on Monday that he was in pain and being held at an ICE detention center with a bullet lodged in his back.
According to his lawyer, a Venezuelan shot in the U.S. state of Texas by an official of the federal immigration agency ICE has been imprisoned in the body with the bullet and recently transferred to another hospital with severe pain.
Injured by a shot during an operation in Austin, Wilber Garces Perez denounces the conditions of his arrest while the methods of the federal agents aroused a heated controversy in the United States "I still have the ball in me", says Wilber Garces Perez. Injured by the immigration police (ICE) Sunday in Austin, Texas, the 28-year-old Venezuelan gave his version of the facts by telephone Monday. The young man intervened from the detention centre …
An ICE agent is said to have shot a Venezuelan delivery driver in Texas. With the bullet in his body, the 28-year-old first came to a deportation center, and now he is back in the hospital.
The Venezuelan lawyer, who was shot at by U.S. immigration officials, is making serious accusations, and the victim herself reports great pain.
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