A Texas grand jury indicted ICE officer Mario Alberto Morales Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, alleging he drove his vehicle into Miguel Parra Hernandez, who was on foot, earlier this month, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Friday.
\n\nThe indictment of Morales, 33, was handed up by a Harris County grand jury Friday morning.
\n\nThe indictment is the first of an immigration agent in Texas. ICE enforcement officer Christian Castro was charged in the January shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in Minnesota.
\n\n“The evidence that we have in this case is as clear as any that I’ve ever prosecuted or investigated,” Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said in a news conference Friday.
\n\n“An ICE badge does not give you free rein to injure, kill, or violate the constitutional rights of anyone,” Teare said.
\n\nThe Oct. 10 collision left Parra with hip, leg and ankle injuries, including a broken leg, according to his family and representatives.
\n\nIn a statement issued after the collision, ICE said Parra “ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck.” The agent was driving an SUV.
\n\nBut after reviewing video collected by investigators in his office from local…
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