Man Shot by ICE Agent in North Austin Speaks About Incident
Garces Perez says he was denied surgery and left in ICE custody with the bullet still inside his body.
- On Sunday, 28-year-old Wilber Garces Perez was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Austin, Texas, during a traffic stop where officers allegedly sideswiped his vehicle.
- The Department of Homeland Security claimed Perez had a 'final order of removal,' but attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch maintained the Venezuelan national was in the United States legally with a work permit.
- Fabiana Melendez Ruiz, communications strategist with Lincoln-Goldfinch Law, stated, "They never asked him to stop, never turned on any police lights or sirens," alleging officers activated emergency equipment only after sideswiping the vehicle.
- Authorities transferred Perez to a detention center in Pearsall, 135 miles southwest of Austin, with the bullet still lodged in his back after Dell Seton reportedly halted surgery preparations.
- The incident occurred amid President Donald Trump's ongoing immigration crackdown, which saw nearly 51,000 arrests in August, and follows several fatal encounters between federal agents and individuals in Texas and Minnesota.
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After shooting 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in the back, federal authorities denied his family access and imprisoned him without adequate medical care.
Wilbur Garces Perez claims agents shot him while he was trying to safely stop his vehicle.
Man shot by ICE, detained in Texas with a bullet in his back is back in the hospital, attorney says
The attorney for a Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas says he is back in the hospital after being held at a detention center with a bullet still lodged in his back. Immigration Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch…
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El ComercioA Venezuelan migrant was injured by shots fired by an ICE agent in the U.S. and taken to a hospital following reports of ill-treatment in a detention center. Congressman Greg Casar described the transfer as a positive development, while the victim's recovery is expected to clarify the incident.
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