Vigil calls for man's release after ICE crash

Well, tonight Fiel and community members held a vigil calling for the release of Miguel Parra Hernandez after an ICE agent's SUV hit him in northwest Harris County earlier this month. Meanwhile, there's a separate crash involving ICE officers that happened just here today. Fox 26's Jillian Hartman joining us now live where tonight's vigil was held. Jillian. Yeah, community members gathered here to support the man who's in ICE custody and they're calling for his release. So Fiel held the visual here where he was struck on October 10th. Take a look at that. this video. So surveillance video shows an SUV driven by ICE striking Miguel Parra Hernandez as he ran through a parking lot near Clay Road and Highway 6. His attorney says he broke his leg. ICE says he ran in front of its vehicle and denies the agent intentionally hit him. But the Harris County District Attorney says he believes it was intentional. Both the DA's office and the Harris County Sheriff's Office have opened investigations. ICE says its intended target was Jose Mendoza Cervantes, who they allegedly saw get into Parra Hernandez's truck. However, his attorney says he does not know the wanted man, and the man was not in his truck. ICE says the agent is on administrative leave during an internal investigation, which is standard practice. Fiel is now pushing for his release. Today, we are here because about two weeks ago, a man was brutally run down behind us. A man who for two weeks has been in the hospital in the custody of ICE, in the custody of the same agency that did this to him. And today, we are doubling down on our petition, on our plea, on our demand for him to be released immediately. And for him to be able to recuperate and to be able to come back to his whatever normalcy of life that he can have. Now in a separate incident this morning, authorities say ICE officers were involved in a minor crash along Old Fulton Road near Antoine Drive. DHS says officers were trying to stop Luis Eduardo Laredo, who they say is in the US illegally. According to DHS, he drove into a ditch after officers turned on their emergency lights and sirens. The agency says officers pulled over and he hit their vehicle while trying to drive out of the ditch. He then ran before officers caught him. DHS says Laredo later complained of chest pains and was taken to a hospital as a precaution. And right now, he remains in ICE custody. So the Harris County Sheriff's Office is also investigating that crash. And Fiel tells me that it's important or unfortunate that there has actually been two incidents in less than two weeks. Reporting live, I'm Jillian Hartman, Fox 26 News.