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Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare says surveillance footage makes it "pretty obvious" that an ICE officer intentionally struck Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, with an SUV during an immigration stop near Houston, which he says constitutes aggravated assault with a deadly weapon under Texas law. Parra Hernandez, a 34-year U.S. resident with no criminal record, suffered a shattered leg and other fractures requiring surgery, with more operations planned; he remains hospitalized in ICE custody.

ICE says agents were pursuing Jose Mendoza-Cervantes, a man with a criminal record and deportation history, who it says fled the vehicle alongside Parra Hernandez. But The New York Times reports the pictured target may be Jose Hector Jimenez Mendoza, who his family says died in 2017 fleeing the border. The agent involved has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal review. Teare says ICE and DHS have not cooperated with his office's investigation and suspects crash data may have been erased before a warrant could be executed. ICE calls the allegations false. The case follows a July incident in which an ICE officer fatally shot another Houston-area man.