Venezuelan Delivery Driver Charged with Assault After Being Shot by Federal Immigration Agent in Texas

Federal prosecutors have charged Venezuelan delivery driver Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, with assaulting a federal officer after he was shot by an immigration agent in Austin, Texas, on September 20. The government's affidavit alleges Garcés Pérez struck an officer with his vehicle's side mirror while fleeing a traffic stop. Garcés Pérez, who entered the US through the CBP One asylum program, provides a differing account of the events. The case is one of several involving immigration enforcement shootings under review since January 2025.

On Tuesday, federal prosecutors brought an assault charge against a Venezuelan delivery driver who had been struck by a gunshot from a federal immigration agent while sitting in his car in Texas, with the charge alleging that he made contact with an officer using his vehicle's side mirror as he moved to leave. Garcés Pérez, whose legal representative states he is still carrying an unremoved bullet in his back from the 20 September incident, stood before a federal judge in Austin on Tuesday, according to the US attorney's office for the western district of Texas. The traffic stop was triggered after a database search connected the vehicle to Garcés Pérez, who had an outstanding removal order against him, yet the two sides offered conflicting accounts of what followed: law enforcement filings described officers switching on their emergency lights, whereas Garcés Pérez told investigators that an unmarked SUV had been following his vehicle before pulling in front of it.

Venezuelan Delivery Driver Charged with Assault After Being Shot by Federal Immigration Agent in Texas

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