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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Immigrant shot by ICE says he was hauled off to detention center with a bullet still in his back

A Venezuelan man who was shot by a federal immigration officer says he was moved into a detention center with a bullet still lodged near his spine within hours of the incident.

Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, who has since been admitted to another hospital, told reporters by phone Monday that he is “not doing well” after he was moved from a hospital in Austin, Texas into a remote Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center roughly 130 miles away.

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