Man shot by ICE agent in Texas detained with bullet inside him, says lawyer
A Venezuelan national was transferred from a hospital to a detention centre some 215km away after an ICE agent rammed his vehicle and shot him.
Venezuelan national Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was shot and wounded by an ICE agent in Austin, Texas on Sunday while delivering an order for DoorDash. The agent rammed his vehicle and shot him, fracturing his clavicle. Garces Perez, who claims he was legally in the US with a work permit, was taken to a hospital, where the bullet was not removed and he was not given pain medication.
He was then transferred to a detention centre in Pearsall, about 135 miles southwest of Austin. Garces Perez's attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, alleges that ICE agents were over-armed, overpaid, undertrained, and violent. The incident marks the latest instance of violence by ICE agents enforcing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
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