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ICE officer indicted in Texas for allegedly hitting man with vehicle
CBS News · 3 hours ago · Read the Full Story on CBS News
AI SUMMARY
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Texas has been indicted on a felony charge of aggravated assault after allegedly striking an undocumented Mexican national with his vehicle during a pursuit.
- Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare announced Friday that ICE Officer Mario Alberto Morales was indicted by a grand jury on a felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
- If convicted, Morales faces a prison sentence ranging from two to 20 years.
- Morales is accused of hitting Miguel Parra-Hernandez, a Mexican national living in Texas without documentation for over 30 years, during a pursuit on Oct. 10.
- Parra-Hernandez has no criminal record and did not have a deportation order against him, according to the district attorney.
- Parra-Hernandez suffered a broken leg and was recorded on body camera footage groaning in pain after being hit by a 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Morales.
- Body camera footage captures the officer telling someone else in the aftermath, 'Like, I was coming in, and I hit him with the car.'
- An initial ICE statement to CBS News claimed Parra-Hernandez ran in front of the vehicle.
- District Attorney Teare noted that ICE claimed agents were pursuing Jose Mendoza-Cervantes, an undocumented Mexican national whom Teare stated has been dead for nine years.
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