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Judge Keeps Venezuelan Delivery Driver Shot by ICE in Custody for Alleged Assault

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas will remain in custody on charges that he assaulted an officer while trying to escape arrest, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

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U.S. News & World Report· Sep 30, 11:21 PMJudge Keeps Venezuelan Delivery Driver Shot by ICE in Custody for Alleged AssaultAlso ran in Baltimore Sun, Boulder Daily Camera, Hartford Courant, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, Reading Eagle, Santa Ana Orange County Register, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, St. Paul Pioneer Press, The Boston Herald, The Mercury News, WTOP

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Court documents cast doubt on ICE claims in DoorDash driver shooting: 'Trained to lie'Court documents charging a DoorDash driver shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer rely on a secondhand phone call for the claim that he tried to hit the officer with his car.Federal prosecutors charged Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man, with assaulting, resisti...

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Immigrant shot by ICE in Austin is charged with assaultThe Justice Department filed assault charges Tuesday against a Venezuelan immigrant shot by a federal immigration officer in Austin. An unsealed affidavit said the man, Wilber Garcés Pérez, struck a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the torso with his vehicle’s side-view mirror as he fled the scene of a traffic stop Sept. 20. He then…

Spokane Spokesman-Review6d agoWhole story →

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Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officerFederal prosecutors in Texas announced assault charges against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents on Sept. 20. A federal complaint alleges Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, tried to escape Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who pulled him over after a judge issued a final removal order, according to…

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution6d agoWhole story →

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Man shot by ICE in North Austin charged with assaulting federal officerAccording to the criminal complaint, ICE officers stopped Garcés Pérez on Sept. 20 because an immigration judge had issued a final order of removal against him.

Baltimore News6d agoWhole story →

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Congressman says Venezuelan man shot by ICE then taken into custody told he needs surgeryU.S. Rep. Greg Casar said Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was in a wheelchair and still in pain, but did not say whether the family had decided that he should undergo surgery.

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Judge keeps Venezuelan delivery driver shot by ICE in custody for alleged assaultGarces Perez is charged with one count of assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

St. Paul Pioneer Press5d agoWhole story →

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Man shot by ICE in North Austin charged with assaulting federal officerAccording to the criminal complaint, ICE officers stopped Garcés Pérez on Sept. 20 because an immigration judge had issued a final order of removal against him.

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Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash deliveryWilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was driving for DoorDash when a federal immigration agent shot him. He was released from the hospital into ICE custody.

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Court documents cast doubt on ICE claims in DoorDash driver shooting: 'Trained to lie'Court documents charging a DoorDash driver shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer rely on a secondhand phone call for the claim that he tried to hit the officer with his car.Federal prosecutors charged Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man, with assaulting, resisti...

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Congressman says Venezuelan man shot by ICE then taken into custody told he needs surgeryU.S. Rep. Greg Casar said Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was in a wheelchair and still in pain, but did not say whether the family had decided that he should undergo surgery.

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Man shot by ICE, detained in Texas with a bullet in his back is back in the hospital, attorney saysThe 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 said Monday Wilber Rafael Garces Perez is in the hospital. She said during a news conference earlier Monday that he was…

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Bullet still lodged in Venezuelan man shot by ICE as lawmakers demand medical careCongressmen Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar plan to visit a Venezuelan delivery driver shot by an ICE officer in Austin as he recovers at a Pearsall detention facility.

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Judge sets hearing for Venezuelan man shot by ICE, police release videoThe attorney for a Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas says he's back in an ICE detention center after being taken to a hospital for a second time.

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