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A Venezuelan national who was shot by an ICE officer following a vehicle pursuit in Austin earlier this month has been charged with assaulting, resisting, interfering with and impeding a federal officer, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors allege that Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, refused ICE officers’ commands to exit his vehicle during a targeted traffic stop before speeding away and striking one officer in the torso with his driver’s side-view mirror.
Garces-Perez faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted, according to DOJ.
According to the complaint,…
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