Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
Nov 3, 2026 · 14 min · 10 segments
Another rogue ICE agent has been criminally indicted. This time for using his unmarked vehicle to run down and run over an unarmed man: a man who wasn't wanted, a man who had no criminal record, a man…
Glenn KirschnerHost
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of intentionally ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston was indicted by a grand jury Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, prosecutors said.
The officer, Mario Alberto Morales, was driving an unmarked SUV on October 10th when he struck and ran over Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, who was running away during a pursuit through a parking lot, the Harris County District Attorney's Office said.
Parra Hernandez broke his leg and remains in federal custody at a rehabilitation facility, District Attorney Sean Tehr said.
ICE has asserted that Parra-Hernandez ran in front of the vehicle, an account that District Attorney Tehr said is contradicted by video.
This quote from the DA, "...the evidence we have in this case is as clear as any that I've ever prosecuted or investigated," DA Tehr said.
Morales, 33, of Brownsville, Texas, is one of just a few federal officers who have faced criminal charges over their actions on the job during President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, although other encounters have come under investigation, including a fatal shooting by an ICE officer this summer in Houston.
Morales had worked as an ice enforcement and removal operations officer, an ice officer, for a little more than a year, his attorney, Lindenmuth, said.
DA Ter hinted at concerns over Morales' background, but would not provide details.
Morales, who is charged with a second-degree felony, was not in custody Friday, and a warrant will be issued for his arrest, according to Ter.
ICE asserted that local officials do not have the authority to investigate federal officers acting in the course of their duties.
When a crime, an assault, a murder is committed in a particular state, that state always has jurisdiction to investigate, has a responsibility to investigate.
as a former career prosecutor who handled both local and federal cases virtually his entire career.
This further statement from ICE, quote, allegations that ICE struck Miguel Parra Hernandez intentionally are reckless and false, the agency said in a statement.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of intentionally ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston was indicted by a grand jury Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, prosecutors said.
The officer, Mario Alberto Morales, was driving an unmarked SUV on October 10th when he struck and ran over Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, who was running away during a pursuit through a parking lot, the Harris County District Attorney's Office said.
Parra Hernandez broke his leg and remains in federal custody at a rehabilitation facility, District Attorney Sean Tehr said.
ICE has asserted that Parra-Hernandez ran in front of the vehicle, an account that District Attorney Tehr said is contradicted by video.
This quote from the DA, "...the evidence we have in this case is as clear as any that I've ever prosecuted or investigated," DA Tehr said.
Morales, 33, of Brownsville, Texas, is one of just a few federal officers who have faced criminal charges over their actions on the job during President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, although other encounters have come under investigation, including a fatal shooting by an ICE officer this summer in Houston.
Morales had worked as an ice enforcement and removal operations officer, an ice officer, for a little more than a year, his attorney, Lindenmuth, said.
DA Ter hinted at concerns over Morales' background, but would not provide details.
Morales, who is charged with a second-degree felony, was not in custody Friday, and a warrant will be issued for his arrest, according to Ter.
ICE asserted that local officials do not have the authority to investigate federal officers acting in the course of their duties.
When a crime, an assault, a murder is committed in a particular state, that state always has jurisdiction to investigate, has a responsibility to investigate.
as a former career prosecutor who handled both local and federal cases virtually his entire career.
This further statement from ICE, quote, allegations that ICE struck Miguel Parra Hernandez intentionally are reckless and false, the agency said in a statement.
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