Man injured after being struck by ICE vehicle while pursued in enforcement operation and fleeing on foot, officials say

A man officials described as an undocumented immigrant from Mexico was injured Saturday after being struck by a vehicle driven by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while being pursued during an enforcement operation near Houston, Texas.

An ICE spokesperson said Miguel Parra-Hernandez, the man who was struck, “ran in front of an ICE vehicle” after he and another undocumented immigrant identified as Jose Mendoza-Cervantes, the target of the operation, exited the vehicle they were driving in and began to flee on foot while federal agents attempted to conduct a vehicle stop.

Surveillance footage of the incident appears to show the two men jumping out of a white pickup truck and running away when a black vehicle that appeared to be unmarked, purportedly operated by ICE agents, accelerates before hitting Parra-Hernandez as the man fled on foot. The angle of the surveillance video does not clearly show the moment of impact.

ICE said they “immediately contacted EMS and provided aid” to Parra-Hernandez, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries and remains in stable condition.

He was transported to a hospital where he was being treated for lower-body injuries, said the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, adding he is currently in ICE custody.

“We believe he has a broken leg and was checked out for any other injuries,” Maj. Anthony McConnell, who leads the sheriff’s office’s special investigations bureau, said in a news conference.

It is unclear if Parra-Hernandez has legal representation.

Mendoza-Cervantes, the other man, remains unaccounted for, the office said. He was described by ICE to CNN as a “public safety threat” with several prior arrests for driving under the influence and unlawful possession of a firearm.

The incident comes just days after the first ICE-involved shooting in New York City since President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, during which federal immigration agents shot and wounded a driver in the Bronx while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat. ICE said the agents believed their lives were in danger after the man refused lawful orders to exit the vehicle.

It also comes amid heightened scrutiny over vehicle stops as part of immigration enforcement operations, after two immigrants, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, were fatally shot in July by ICE officers in separate incidents about a week apart.

As CNN reported earlier this month , ICE officers will only be allowed to conduct vehicle stops if they have completed related training courses and must ensure that vehicles used for stops are equipped with lights and sirens, according to new internal guidance reviewed by CNN.

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The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation into the circumstances of Saturday’s incident, aided by the Harris County District Attorney’s office. CNN has reached out to the sheriff’s office and the county’s district attorney for further comment.

McConnell said one of the ICE agents was trying to box in the passenger, Parra-Hernandez, when he was struck.

Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the scene after the incident, McConnell said.

Authorities are attempting to get more surveillance footage from the scene, he added.

CNN has reached out to ICE for comment on the surveillance footage.

Witness accounts and video footage from similar instances involving federal agents have at times contradicted the Department of Homeland Security’s account of what transpired, such as the fatal shooting of US citizen Renee Good in Minneapolis earlier this year. The Department of Homeland Security initially said Good tried to weaponize her vehicle against the officer, but video and witness accounts called into question DHS’ version of events. Good’s family filed two civil lawsuits related to her death on earlier this month.

ICE is asking the public for any information leading to the arrest of the man still unaccounted for from Saturday’s incident, Mendoza-Cervantes, after what they described as his “dangerous attempt to evade arrest.”

Mendoza-Cervantes has a final order of removal from a judge and was previously deported twice and illegally entered the US five times, the agency told CNN.

CNN’s Amanda Watts contributed to this report.

周六，一名被官员描述为来自墨西哥的无证移民的男子在德克萨斯州休斯顿附近的一次执法行动中被移民和海关执法局特工驾驶的车辆撞伤。

美国移民及海关执法局 (ICE) 发言人表示，被撞男子米格尔·帕拉-埃尔南德斯 (Miguel Parra-Hernandez) 和另一名被确认为行动目标的无证移民何塞·门多萨-塞万提斯 (Jose Mendoza-Cervantes) 下车后，在联邦特工试图拦截车辆时开始徒步逃跑，帕拉-埃尔南德斯随后“跑到 ICE 车辆前面”。

监控录像显示，两名男子从一辆白色皮卡车跳下逃跑，这时一辆疑似未标明身份的黑色车辆（据称由美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）特工驾驶）加速，撞倒了正在徒步逃跑的帕拉-埃尔南德斯。监控录像的角度无法清晰显示撞击瞬间。

美国移民及海关执法局表示，他们“立即联系了急救人员并向帕拉-埃尔南德斯提供了援助”，帕拉-埃尔南德斯受了非致命伤，目前情况稳定。

哈里斯县警长办公室表示，他已被送往​​医院接受下半身伤势的治疗，目前已被美国移民及海关执法局拘留。

“我们认为他腿骨折了，并且已经检查过他是否还有其他伤情，”警长办公室特别调查局局长安东尼·麦康奈尔少校在新闻发布会上说。

目前尚不清楚帕拉-埃尔南德斯是否聘请了律师。

另一名男子门多萨-塞万提斯仍然下落不明，该办公室表示。美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）向CNN透露，他被描述为“公共安全威胁”，此前曾多次因酒后驾车和非法持有枪支而被捕。

就在几天前，纽约市发生了自特朗普总统严厉打击移民以来首起与美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）有关的枪击事件。当时，联邦移民执法人员在布朗克斯区开枪击伤了一名司机，他的5岁孩子当时就坐在后座上。ICE称，该男子拒绝服从合法命令下车后，执法人员认为自身生命受到威胁。

此外，在两名移民——休斯顿的洛伦佐·萨尔加多·阿劳霍和缅因州比德福德的琼·塞巴斯蒂安·杜兰·格雷罗——于 7 月在相隔一周左右的两起事件中被美国移民及海关执法局 (ICE) 官员枪杀之后，作为移民执法行动一部分的车辆拦截受到了更严格的审查。

据 CNN 本月早些时候报道，根据 CNN 查阅的最新内部指南，ICE 官员只有在完成相关培训课程后才能进行车辆拦截，并且必须确保用于拦截的车辆配备警灯和警报器。

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哈里斯县警长办公室正在主导对周六事件的调查，哈里斯县地方检察官办公室也参与了调查。CNN已联系警长办公室和地方检察官办公室，以寻求进一步置评。

麦康奈尔说，一名移民执法局特工试图将乘客帕拉-埃尔南德斯围堵起来时，被撞了。

麦康奈尔说，事件发生后，哈里斯县警长办公室的警员被召集到现场。

他补充说，当局正在试图获取现场的更多监控录像。

CNN已联系美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）就监控录像寻求置评。

类似涉及联邦特工的事件中，目击者的证词和视频录像有时与国土安全部对事件经过的描述相矛盾，例如今年早些时候美国公民蕾妮·古德在明尼阿波利斯被枪杀的事件。国土安全部最初声称古德试图用车辆攻击警官，但视频和目击者的证词对国土安全部的说法提出了质疑。本月初，古德的家人就她的死提起了两起民事诉讼。

美国移民及海关执法局 (ICE) 正在向公众征集线索，以逮捕在周六事件中仍然下落不明的男子门多萨-塞万提斯。此前，ICE 称门多萨-塞万提斯“危险地试图逃避逮捕”。

据该机构告诉 CNN，门多萨-塞万提斯已收到法官的最终驱逐令，此前曾两次被驱逐出境，五次非法入境美国。

CNN的阿曼达·沃茨对本报道亦有贡献。