Harris County Grand Jury Indicts ICE Officer Hired in August 2025 for Aggravated Assault in Vehicle Strike on Miguel Parra Hernandez

A Texas grand jury indicted ICE officer Mario Alberto Morales on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, alleging he drove his vehicle into Miguel Parra Hernandez, who was on foot, earlier in October in Houston. The indictment was returned by a Harris County grand jury Friday morning, Oct. 30, District Attorney Sean Teare said (NBC News). An indictment is an accusation.

Morales was hired by ICE in August 2025, his attorney, David Lindenmuth, said, adding that he had more training than other hires. A Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman said he resigned from TDCJ in 2018 while on probation for falsification of records, documenting security rounds as completed when they had not been conducted (NBC News). An ICE spokesperson said “allegations that ICE struck Miguel Parra-Hernandez intentionally are RECKLESS and FALSE.”