Venezuelan Shot by ICE Needs Urgent Medical Care, Mother Tells AFP
His family says he has paralysis and only received painkillers after two hospitalizations, while investigators review the shooting with FBI assistance.
- On Sunday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot 28-year-old Venezuelan Wilber Rafael Garces Perez during a DoorDash delivery in Austin, Texas, leaving him with a bullet lodged near his spine.
- The incident occurred during President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, marking another instance of violence by ICE agents. Garces entered the United States legally under a humanitarian parole program with a pending asylum application.
- His mother, Flor Perez, reported the bullet caused paralysis on his left side, stating, "He is badly injured and in a lot of pain." Relatives in Venezuela expressed "absolute rejection" of the excessive force used.
- Homeland Security Investigations, assisted by the FBI, is leading an investigation into the shooting. Garces was returned to a detention center after two hospitalizations, receiving only painkillers thus far.
- Relatives in Venezuela denounced the operation's lack of transparency as the family faces financial hardship. Garces' grandmother, Maria Flor Sequera, expressed deep concern, noting his son with cerebral palsy depends on funds he sends from Texas.
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Family members of Wilber Garcés, a Venezuelan shot by ICE in Texas, report a lack of adequate medical care while in detention.
Wilber Garcés Pérez's family, a Venezuelan migrant who was shot and wounded by the immigration police in Austin, USA, requested that he be operated urgently, in an interview with the AFP.
Venezuelan shot by ICE needs urgent medical care, mother tells AFP
The mother of Venezuelan migrant Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, shot on Sunday by an agent of the Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE) in Austin, Texas, requested that the son be urgently submitted to surgery for the removal of the bullet lodged near his spine. The 28-year-old Venezuelan remains in federal custody and, according to his family and his lawyer, presents pain and loss of movement on the left side of the body. — He is badly inj…
The family of Wilbur Garces Perez, a Venezuelan immigrant who was recently shot by an immigration police officer in Austin, Texas, is asking for emergency medical treatment, during an interview with Agence France-Presse. Garces Perez, 28, was hit in the upper torso by a bullet fired by ... More www.ertnews.gr
The Venezuelan shot by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) in Texas, Wilber Garcés, gathered resources for his son with cerebral palsy. The detainee's mother, Flor Pérez, told Telemundo about the anguish he experienced after receiving his son's call, who informed him that he had been arrested [...] The Venezuelan entry shot by the ICE collected funds for his son with cerebral palsy was first published in Foco Informativa.
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