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ICE officer indicted for hitting man with vehicle in Texas
An ICE officer has been indicted on aggravated assault charges for allegedly driving into a man during an immigration operation in Houston.
A Texas grand jury indicted ICE officer Mario Alberto Morales on Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for striking Miguel Parra Hernandez, a 48-year-old construction worker, with a vehicle on 10 October. Morales, 33, allegedly drove an unmarked Jeep Cherokee into Parra Hernandez as he ran away during an immigration enforcement operation in Houston, causing multiple leg fractures and other injuries. Parra Hernandez, a Mexican national with no criminal record who has lived in Harris County for more than 30 years, was placed into custody with a broken leg. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said surveillance video shows the vehicle crossing a median and pursuing Parra Hernandez as he runs. Body camera footage released on Friday records Morales saying 'I was coming in and I hit him with the car'. ICE has disputed the account, claiming Parra Hernandez ran in front of the vehicle, and called the indictment a 'political stunt'.
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