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Join today<\/a><\/p>\n \n Already a member? A Texas<\/a> prosecutor has launched a criminal investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> agent who allegedly used an SUV to deliberately run over a fleeing man in Houston<\/a>, leaving him with a broken leg that required surgery.<\/p>\n Harris County<\/a> District Attorney Sean Teare said surveillance footage of Saturday’s incident appeared to show the federal agent intentionally striking 48-year-old Miguel Parra Hernandez, raising the possibility of aggravated assault charges.<\/p>\n \u201cIn a case like this, the most obvious criminal charge is aggravated assault with a deadly weapon,\u201d Teare told FOX 26 Houston. \u201cMeaning the car was used as a deadly weapon. And it certainly is what appears to have happened based on the surveillance footage.\u201d<\/p>\n The footage shows Parra Hernandez and another person jumping out of a white truck and running away as a dark SUV pursues them. The vehicle then strikes Parra Hernandez, who is seen lying on the ground moments later.<\/p>\n ICE<\/a> has disputed the suggestion that the collision was intentional, saying Parra Hernandez ran in front of the vehicle as officers attempted to detain him.<\/p>\n \u201cAs ICE officers attempted to apprehend the illegal aliens, Miguel Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck,\u201d Tim Oberle, an ICE spokesperson in Houston, said in a statement provided to The Texas Tribune.<\/p>\n Victim faces further surgery<\/p>\n Parra Hernandez, who has lived in the United States for 34 years, was on his way to work when the encounter unfolded, according to Cesar Espinosa, executive director of the immigrant rights organization FIEL Houston.<\/p>\n Espinosa said Parra Hernandez suffered a broken leg and underwent surgery following the collision. He is expected to require another operation to reconstruct his injured ankle.<\/p>\n \u201cHe already had a surgery for the injury under his knee and now we\u2019re waiting for swelling to go down in his ankle to be able to have a reconstructive surgery on his ankle,\u201d Espinosa said.<\/p>\n Espinosa, whose organization is assisting the family, declined to disclose Parra Hernandez’s immigration status.<\/p>\n He also said he encountered two ICE agents inside Parra Hernandez’s hospital room while visiting the injured man.<\/p>\n Prosecutor accuses ICE of refusing to cooperate<\/p>\n Teare, a Democrat, said ICE and the Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, which oversees the agency, have not cooperated with his office’s investigation.<\/p>\n DHS officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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