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Rodolfo Parra, brother of Miguel Parra-Hernandez, speaks to the media Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, alongside Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL, near the scene on Clay Road near Texas 6 in Houston where Parra-Hernandez was struck by ICE agents after running from an SUV pursuing another man. (Jill Karnicki\/Houston Chronicle via AP) <\/p>\n
HOUSTON \u2014 A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer appeared to intentionally drive a vehicle into a man in Houston, breaking his leg, a Texas prosecutor said, warning an investigation by his office could result in criminal charges.<\/p>\n
Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, underwent surgery for a broken leg after he was hit by a car Saturday, said Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL Houston, an immigrant rights organization that is helping the man\u2019s family.<\/p>\n
Parra Hernandez remains in ICE custody at a hospital and still needs ankle surgery, his lawyer, Kim Bruno, said during a news conference Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The encounter has set off new criticism over immigration enforcement in Houston, where local prosecutors are also investigating a July fatal shooting by a federal immigration officer.<\/p>\n
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, a Democrat, expressed concern Tuesday over surveillance footage that shows Parra Hernandez and another person jumping out of a white truck and running as a dark SUV pursues them. A vehicle strikes Parra Hernandez, who is seen on the ground seconds later.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 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
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Daniel Drake with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office Harris works the scene after a man was struck by an ICE agent’s vehicle during an immigration enforcement operation in northwest Houston, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (Jason Fochtman\/Houston Chronicle via AP) ICE denies intentionally striking Parra Hernandez<\/p>\n
Allegations that officers intentionally struck Parra Hernandez are \u201creckless\u201d and \u201cfalse,\u201d ICE said in a statement. Parra Hernandez had been in a vehicle with the target of an enforcement operation, and when officers tried to stop the car, the two men fled on foot, the agency said.<\/p>\n
He \u201cran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck,\u201d ICE said.<\/p>\n
Espinosa flatly denied this claim during the news conference Wednesday, citing surveillance video.<\/p>\n
The footage shows a man running from the white truck as a black SUV approaches him from behind. The video does not show the car hitting the man \u2014 that view is blocked by another vehicle \u2014 but it shows the SUV inches from the man before stopping. After, the man is on the ground behind the car.<\/p>\n
Attorneys and relatives of others who were arrested by ICE during the operation Saturday denied during the news conference that the man ICE named as the target of its operation \u2014 Jose Mendoza-Cervantes \u2014 was even in the white van, saying they didn\u2019t know anyone of that name.<\/p>\n
Espinosa said Parra Hernandez comes from Mexico and has been in the U.S. for 34 years. He declined to share Parra Hernandez\u2019s status, but said he is living in the U.S. without authorization.<\/p>\n
He said two ICE officers were in the room when he visited Parra Hernandez at the hospital.<\/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
He remained in ICE custody Wednesday, Espinosa said.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors are still investigating a fatal ICE shooting in July<\/p>\n
Teare said ICE and the Department of Homeland Security have not cooperated with his office during its investigation.<\/p>\n
In July, Teare said DHS also ignored his request for information after an ICE officer fatally shot 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. The shooting was one of at least 10 deaths involving encounters with immigration officers since the start of President Donald Trump\u2019s mass deportation campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rodolfo Parra, brother of Miguel Parra-Hernandez, speaks to the media Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, alongside Cesar Espinosa, executive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-466048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}