Overview
- An indictment returned by a Harris County grand jury charges ICE agent Mario Alberto Morales with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for an encounter that left Miguel Parra Hernández severely injured.
- Prosecutors say body-worn camera and nearby surveillance footage support their claim that Morales drove his work vehicle into the man during an immigration operation.
- Morales surrendered to Harris County authorities on Monday and his defense maintains the collision was an accident and denies any intent to run over the victim.
- The victim, Miguel Parra Hernández, suffered a multi-part leg fracture that required surgery and he remains in rehabilitation under ICE oversight.
- The case carries a possible two-to-twenty year prison term if Morales is convicted and could test the authority of state prosecutors to pursue criminal charges against federal law-enforcement officers.