Crime & Justice
ICE Agent Charged With Assault After SUV Ramming in Texas
October 30, 2026 at 07:01 PM
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AJAl Jazeera English
Texas grand jury indicts ICE officer accused of running over man in Houston
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TGThe Guardian
ICE agent charged after ramming unmarked SUV into man in Texas
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An ICE officer has been charged after striking a man with a car in Houston
(opens the publisher’s site)A federal ICE agent has been charged with aggravated assault for ramming his unmarked SUV into a Mexican construction worker during a botched Houston traffic stop.
- Agent Mario Alberto Morales, 33, was indicted Friday for the Oct. 10 crash that left Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, with multiple leg fractures.
- District Attorney Sean Teare said ICE deported two material witnesses within a week of the crash and accused the agency of destroying evidence.
- Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Morales's SUV carried two handcuffed detainees from an earlier operation when it struck Parra Hernandez.
- ICE said Parra Hernandez stepped in front of the vehicle and called claims that Morales intentionally struck him false.
- The grand jury indicted Morales for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, prosecutors said Friday.
- Investigators said surveillance and body-camera footage contradicts ICE's claim that Parra Hernandez stepped in front of the vehicle.
- Teare accused federal authorities of removing the Jeep from the scene before local investigators could examine it.