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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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Raw Story· Sep 29, 8:37 PMCourt documents cast doubt on ICE claims in DoorDash driver shooting: 'Trained to lie'

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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…

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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…

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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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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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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 Keeps Venezuelan Delivery Driver Shot by ICE in Custody for Alleged AssaultAUSTIN, 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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What to know about a Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in TexasThe shooting of a Venezuelan man by a federal immigration officer in Texas has set off renewed protests about the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. An attorney for Wilber Rafael Garces...

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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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Man shot by ICE in Texas is back in detention after leaving hospital, attorney saysWilber Rafael Garces Perez was being held Tuesday at a federal center in South Texas.

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Venezuelan Door Dash driver shot and wounded by ICE agent in Austin, Texas, officials sayCNN By Eduardo Cuevas, Boer Deng, Julianna Bragg, CNN Austin, Texas (CNN) — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and injured a man who was working as a DoorDash driver Sunday on the north side of Texas’ capital, city officials confirmed, but hours later, there were still no details from federal authorities about what

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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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Man shot by ICE officer is detained in Texas with a bullet still in his back, attorney's office saysA Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas is being held at a detention center after being released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back. That's according to a spokesperson for the man's attorney, who told The Associated Press on Monday that Rafael Garces Perez was making a DoorDash delivery in Austin on Sunday…

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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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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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