From a detention center in Pearsall, Texas, 29-year-old Venezuelan migrant Wilber Garc\u00e9s has raised his voice to recount the traumatic incident that changed his life. Garc\u00e9s, who still has a bullet lodged near his spine after being shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, reports that he has not received the necessary medical attention following the altercation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident occurred last Sunday north of Austin, while Garc\u00e9s was performing home delivery tasks for the DoorDash application. According to his testimony, he was intercepted by a black pickup truck without police markings. After an initial exchange, the officers opened fire on his vehicle, striking him in the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nI think he is a normal person. I asked them why they were stopping me, that I have everything in order. I made a U-turn, he started chasing me, and the officer, thinking I was going to escape, crashed again and shot me.<\/p>\nWilber Garc\u00e9s<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Reporting medical care irregularities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
After the attack, Garc\u00e9s asserts that the agents did not provide him with immediate assistance. He was taken to a local hospital where, according to his lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, doctors chose not to remove the projectile, citing urgency, and discharged him shortly thereafter. Immediately after leaving the medical center, he was placed in federal custody and transferred to a detention center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The legal background of the case<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The case of Garc\u00e9s, who arrived in the United States in 2024 through legal immigration processes, has been complicated by an administrative error. Although he had a work permit and an ongoing asylum process, a change of address not correctly registered in the system caused him to not receive the notification for his last court hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Failure to appear at said appointment resulted in an “in absentia” deportation order issued by an immigration judge.<\/li>\n\n\n
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that it is investigating the incident.<\/li>\n\n\n
- Federal authorities maintain that the agents’ actions were part of a police operation, describing the affected individual’s immigration status as irregular.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
This episode has generated a wave of rejection among activists and local legislators, who are demanding clarity regarding the use of force by the officers and a thorough review of the detainee’s health conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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