Updated 1w+ ago · Crime
Judge Keeps Venezuelan Delivery Driver Shot by ICE in Custody Pending Trial.
Federal prosecutors in Texas charged a Venezuelan delivery driver with assaulting a federal officer on Tuesday. ICE agents had shot Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, in the back during a traffic stop days earlier.
- 20 years in prison is the maximum sentence Garces-Perez faces if convicted.
- Court documents say the conversation before he drove off was 'pleasant and not aggressive.'
- Garces-Perez entered the U.S. in 2024 via CBP One, a Biden-era asylum appointment program.
- His deportation order followed a missed hearing; the notice went to a former address.
Why it matters: The case involves competing legal claims: federal prosecutors say Garces-Perez assaulted officers; his immigration lawyer, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, says he held a valid work permit and a deportation order issued only because a court notice reached the wrong address.
- The Department of Homeland Security says Garces-Perez was in the country illegally after an immigration judge ordered his removal.
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Where they split: The central dispute is whether Garces-Perez was a lawfully present asylum seeker wrongly ordered deported, or a person subject to a valid removal order who resisted arrest.
Center coverage, 15 sources: The center presents the charges and the background facts — CBP One entry, missed hearing, removal order — without foregrounding either the asylum claim or the shooting as the defining element.
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Left coverage, 11 sources: The left emphasizes Garces-Perez's valid work permit and the procedural error behind his deportation order, framing the charges as a response to an enforcement action that wounded an asylum seeker.
The Independent1w+Judge keeps Venezuelan delivery driver shot by ICE in custody for alleged assaultThe Boston Globe1w+Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officerNBC News1w+Judge keeps immigrant delivery driver shot by ICE in custody for alleged assaultAl Jazeera1w+Venezuelan man shot by ICE officer in Texas is charged with assaultCBS News1w+Justice Department charges Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent with assaulting an officerCNN1w+Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officerMSNBC1w+Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE with assaulting an officerPolitico1w+Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officerRaw Story1w+Court documents cast doubt on ICE claims in DoorDash driver shooting: 'Trained to lie'The Guardian1w+Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officerThe New Republic1w+Man Shot by ICE Agent Is Charged With Assault
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What’s next: Garces-Perez's attorney had not commented on the charges as of Tuesday morning.
- U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas is leading the prosecution.
- What prompted the ICE agent to fire, and whether the use of force was consistent with agency policy, has not been established in the source material.
- Whether the deportation order will be revisited given the claim that the court notice was sent to a wrong address remains unresolved.
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