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The Houston ICE officer charged with running over Miguel Parra Hernandez

Overview · reviewed November 5, 2026

In October 2026 a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston struck Miguel Parra-Hernandez with a car while pursuing him, breaking his leg.[1] The Harris County said the officer appeared to have hit him intentionally, and on Oct. 30 announced that a had the officer, Mario Alberto Morales, on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.[2][3][4]

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The Harris County said the officer appeared to have hit him intentionally, and on Oct. 30 announced that a had the officer, Mario Alberto Morales, on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.[2][3][4]

Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · weekly (UTC)

Week of 2026-10-05 (UTC): under 1%, 2 of 479 tracked outlets (0 left, 2 center, 0 right)Week of 2026-10-12 (UTC): 6%, 27 of 476 tracked outlets (8 left, 17 center, 2 right)Week of 2026-10-19 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-26 (UTC): 10%, 45 of 473 tracked outlets (15 left, 24 center, 6 right)Week of 2026-11-02 (UTC): 6%, 29 of 471 tracked outlets (7 left, 20 center, 2 right)Week of 2026-11-09 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outlets, so far

LeftCenterRightLighter bar: this week so far

Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 2 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (4 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Nov 2, 2026720229 of 4716%
Oct 26, 20261524645 of 47310%
Oct 12, 2026817227 of 4766%
Oct 5, 20260202 of 479under 1%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Oct 30, 2026 · first reported · Headline from KVIA El Paso

    ICE officer indicted on allegations he ran over undocumented Mexican immigrant appears in court

Background

The case came months after an ICE officer in the Houston area shot and killed a man during a traffic stop, a killing followed in the arc on Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

Supporting stories (4)
  1. ICE officer appeared to intentionally strike man with vehicle in Houston: Prosecutor
  2. ICE officer accused of hitting immigrant in Houston with an SUV turns himself in
  3. Harris County officials to announce indictment in case involving man who was run over by ICE vehicle
  4. ICE officer indicted on allegations he ran over undocumented Mexican immigrant appears in court

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 4 recorded updates

October 2026

  1. ICE officer indicted on allegations he ran over undocumented Mexican immigrant appears in courtHeadline from KVIA El Paso · 8 outlets
  2. Harris County officials to announce indictment in case involving man who was run over by ICE vehicleHeadline from ABC 13 Houston · 3 outlets
  3. ICE officer accused of hitting immigrant in Houston with an SUV turns himself inHeadline from MyNorthwest · 50 outlets
  4. ICE officer appeared to intentionally strike man with vehicle in Houston: ProsecutorHeadline from The Hill · 29 outlets

Coverage & sources

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