In Austin on a Sunday, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot a 28-year-old Venezuelan delivery driver named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez — and did so without a body camera recording the encounter. The absence of footage arrives at a moment when the federal government had pledged full camera compliance for ICE officers by month's end, transforming a single act of enforcement into a broader question about whether accountability is being built into power or merely promised. As Garces Perez recovers in detention with limited medical care, a federal court has stepped in to hold the spac
ICE Officer Who Shot Venezuelan Delivery Driver Wasn't Wearing Body Camera
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot in the upper torso and hospitalized; he now faces ICE detention with limited pain management while recovering from his injuries.