ICE officer indicted in Texas after striking immigrant with vehicle
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who hit and injured a man with a vehicle in Houston, Texas, was indicted by a grand jury in Harris County on Friday. The 33-year-old officer, Mario Alberto Morales, was indicted on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly driving his vehicle into Miguel Parra...
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Mario Alberto Morales, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after hitting a Mexican construction worker with his car in Houston on October 10, according to prosecutors. The incident occurred when Morales was driving an unmarked black vehicle in Houston.
The victim, Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, was allegedly running away from authorities at the time of the accident. He was later apprehended with a broken leg. The case was brought by District Attorney Sean Teare, who also investigates the fatal shooting of another Mexican homebuilder in July that sparked protests in Houston. Surveillance footage contradicts Morales' claim that Parra Hernandez intentionally stepped in front of his car, while Teare contends that the footage contradicts this statement.
ICE asserts that Parra Hernandez was the target of the operation and was seen entering a vehicle with another man, Jose Mendoza-Cervantes, though family members of Parra Hernandez dispute this claim, stating that Mendoza-Cervantes is dead and his real name is Jose Hector Jimenez. Teare's office has also found that Parra Hernandez and Mendoza-Cervantes were not in a vehicle together.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, has not cooperated with Teare's investigation, accusing the agency of destroying evidence.
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