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Wilber Garcés is taken to hospital for paralysis; they post videos of the time of his arrest

Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, was shot during a migration operation in Austin, Texas. The authorities published new videos of the time of detention, which would show that there was no foot chase, a version supported by the officers. According to medical reports, Garcés continues with physical complications and has had paralysis in part of the left side of his body by a bullet that remains on his back.

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Texas: Police release video of Venezuelan migrant injured by ICE

In #Texas, images of a Venezuelan migrant who had been shot during an ICE intervention, the U.S. immigration police, are indignant. While the 28-year-old now claims to be suffering from paralysis on the left side, students are demonstrating and denouncing the #migration policy of the #Trump administration.

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Texas: The IA opens a crack in the Republican bastion? · Global Voices

The expansion of artificial intelligence is generating a new political fracture in Texas, one of the main Republican bastions in the United States. The growth of data centres, driven by Donald Trump and state authorities, is critical of their energy and water consumption, their impact on communities and the potential costs to taxpayers. According to an analysis by The Texas Tribune, about 60 per cent of the data centres planned or under construction are in districts that supported Trump in 2024. A few months from the mid-ma elections

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What is known about the case of the Venezuelan migrant shot by an ICE agent in Texas?

Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, was shot during a migration operation in Austin and remains in federal custody. While the Government claims that it entered the United States illegally and had a deportation order, its lawyer claims that it entered legally. The circumstances of the shooting are not yet clear and local authorities are calling for participation in the investigation.

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ICE agent shot a migrant man in Austin, Texas

After a brief persecution, an Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) agent shot and wounded a man in northern Austin, the capital of Texas. The victim, an adult, was taken to a hospital after being shot in the torso and then to a detention centre. Since the return of U.S. President Donald Trump to the White House, at least 17 drivers shot during ICE operations have been reported, six of whom died, according to The Washington Post.

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United States: a Venezuelan national shot in the chest by an ICE agent

A man was seriously injured on Monday, September 21, with a thorax bullet by an ICE agent, the U.S. Federal Immigration Police, during a walk-on race in Austin, Texas's capital. The injured man was identified by his lawyer as Wilber Garcés Pérez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan citizen who delivered by profession.

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Protests erupt after ICE shooting in Texas

Protests have broken out in Austin, Texas, after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man during a traffic stop. The man remains in serious but stable condition in hospital, while anti-ICE protesters quickly gathered at the scene. Austin’s police chief said local officers were not involved in the shooting. Ellen Gainsford reports.

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