ICE agent charged after ramming unmarked SUV into man in Texas
Summary
A Harris County grand jury indicted ICE agent Mario Alberto Morales on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon over an Oct. 10 incident in which his SUV struck Miguel Parra Hernandez in Houston. Prosecutors say video shows Morales steering into Hernandez, who suffered multiple leg fractures and a hip injury; ICE denies the impact was intentional and disputes the local investigation’s authority.Key Facts
- Morales, 33, is an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- The indictment alleges aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
- Hernandez, 48, is a Mexican construction worker with no criminal record or active deportation order, according to the article.
- Surveillance video shown at a news conference captured an SUV pursuing Hernandez across a restaurant parking lot and striking him.
- Morales told a 911 dispatcher that Hernandez ran in front of his vehicle and was hit; ICE repeated that account in an official statement.
- Hernandez suffered multiple leg fractures and a hip injury.
- Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Morales’s SUV also carried two handcuffed detainees from an unrelated operation when it struck Hernandez.
- ICE called the allegation of an intentional collision false and said local authorities lacked authority to investigate federal officers acting in their duties.
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