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Venezuelan shot by ICE seeks medical care as lawyer says bullet lodged in back

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Shooting of Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez comes months after increased federal immigration enforcement in AustinThe Venezuelan man who was shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas on Sunday spoke out from detention on Monday afternoon when he was able to call his lawyer, in the middle of a press conference, and plead for better medical care.Wilber…

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Wilber Garces Perez's attorney also denied ICE's statement that there was a foot chase and said ICE officers sideswiped him in a truck.

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Man Shot by ICE Says He Was Interrogated With Bullet Still in His Back

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Man Shot by ICE Says He Was Interrogated With Bullet Still in His Back

The man ICE shot and wounded in Austin, Texas, in the middle of a DoorDash delivery was not allowed to see his wife before federal agents moved him to an undisclosed location. Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez, 28, an asylum-seeker from Venezuela, was delivering food at 1 p.m. CST when he encountered ICE agents, who reportedly shot him in the torso. It’s not…

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Man shot by ICE officer in Texas back in hospital, attorney says

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Man shot by ICE officer in Texas back in hospital, attorney says

A Venezuelan man shot and wounded by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Agent (ICE) in Texas over the weekend was hospitalized late Monday after being taken to an immigration facility with a bullet still lodged in his back, according to his lawyer. Immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch said during a press conference that ICE agents “sideswiped”…

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Texas ICE shooting leaves Venezuelan DoorDash driver with bullet in his back, says lawyer

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Texas ICE shooting leaves Venezuelan DoorDash driver with bullet in his back, says lawyer

The delivery driver was transferred from a hospital to a detention centre, his lawyer tells US media.

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Man shot by ICE in Texas being interrogated with bullet still in back, attorney says

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Man shot by ICE in Texas being interrogated with bullet still in back, attorney says

The Venezuelan national who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin, Texas, on Sunday is being interrogated while the bullet still remains in his back, according to his attorney. As of Monday, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez is being held in federal custody after he was released from the hospital. The bullet…

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ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin

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ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin

Rather than getting him medical help, they carted him off to an ICE detention complex—and the bullet is still in his back.

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