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Venezuelan delivery driver shot by ICE has surgery to remove bullet

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Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan delivery driver, underwent surgery Thursday to remove a bullet from his back after being shot by a federal immigration agent in Texas. Garces was previously seen in court Wednesday using a wheelchair and wearing a sling on his injured arm. He is currently held on charges of assaulting an officer during an attempt to evade arrest.

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On September 20, Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan delivery driver in Austin, Texas, was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during a traffic stop. Federal prosecutors charged him on September 29 with assaulting, resisting, interfering, and impeding a federal officer. The bullet remained lodged in his back for nearly two weeks before he underwent surgery to remove it on October 2. Garcés Pérez had appeared in court in a wheelchair on the day of the surgery, wearing a sling due to a fractured clavicle. His lawyers warned that without timely medical intervention, he could face permanent damage or sepsis from the bullet's position near his spine.

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AUSTIN (AP) — A Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by a federal immigration agent in Texas had surgery Thursday to remove the bullet lodged in his back for nearly two weeks. asserted

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Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, had appeared in court in a wheelchair on Wednesday, wearing a sling on his arm. asserted

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He remains in custody on charges that he assaulted an officer while trying to evade arrest. asserted

he → remain → arrest

Venezuelan delivery driver shot by ICE has surgery to remove bullet

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