{"id":2171654,"date":"2026-09-29T23:27:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2171654"},"modified":"2026-09-29T23:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:27:47","slug":"man-shot-by-ice-agent-in-texas-charged-with-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2171654","title":{"rendered":"Man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assault"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Watch: Bodycam footage shows arrest of DoorDash driver shot by ICE<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A Venezuelan man shot in the back by a US immigration agent in Texas has been charged with assault, accused of sideswiping the officer with his car as he tried to drive away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Wilber Rafael Garces Perez’s side-view mirror hit the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during the traffic stop on 20 September in the city of Austin, it is alleged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 28-year-old faces one count of assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer. He could face up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Garces Perez appeared in court on Tuesday. His lawyers said they only learned of his court appearance afterwards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Images of the traffic stop taken from an officer’s body camera were included in the affidavit<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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According to the justice department, the traffic stop was initiated by an ICE officer after confirming through a database that the blue Toyota sedan was registered to Garces Perez, who had been issued a final order of removal from the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The affidavit contains a conflicting account of the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to the court filing, Garces Perez said a law enforcement SUV had “caused a collision” with his car by pulling an abrupt manouevre during the traffic stop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But the federal agents said there was “no contact” between their SUVs and Garces Perez’s car when they first pulled him over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to the court filing, Garces Perez said he knew he would be arrested and admitted to declining to exit his car when ordered to do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He drove away, allegedly striking the officer in the torso with the driver’s side-view mirror.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The court filing alleges that Garces Perez “led them on a high-speed chase through a commercial and residential area”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The short pursuit ended when a federal agent’s SUV struck his car and “caused it to spin around”, says the affidavit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Garces Perez said that after coming to a forced stop an agent fired his pistol into the back right window of his car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The justice department said the “officer caught up to Garces Perez, who allegedly attempted to strike the officer with his car, causing the officer to fire his pistol”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Venezuelan national was struck with a bullet in his upper back, where his lawyers say it remains lodged, placing him “in grave danger”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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DHS last week said Garces Perez has received “some of the best medical care he’s ever received in his life”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A judge last week temporarily blocked Garces Perez’s deportation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He entered the US in 2024 using CBP One, an asylum-seeker programme introduced by President Joe Biden and cancelled by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Watch: ‘I am frustrated’ – Protesters take to the streets after Austin ICE shooting<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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