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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Anna Wilder and Safiyah Riddle

Judge keeps Venezuelan delivery driver shot by ICE in custody for alleged assault

ICE Shooting Austin - (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

A Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas will remain in custody on charges that he assaulted an officer while trying to escape arrest, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

Judge Dustin Howell said that the case against Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, should proceed after prosecutors showed body-worn camera footage of the interaction where Garces Perez allegedly struck a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with his driver's side mirror during the encounter in Austin.

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