ICE 休斯顿追捕撞伤路人引调查,县委员要求公布执法视频

休斯顿消息:哈里斯县警长办公室正在调查一起发生在10月10日(周六)上午的执法事故——一辆由美国移民与海关执法局(ICE)探员驾驶的车辆在休斯顿地区追捕行动中撞伤一名路人,伤者被送医治疗。
据警长办公室在新闻发布会上介绍,事发约在上午7点20分,地点是克莱路(Clay Road)。ICE探员当时正在执行针对何塞·门多萨-塞万提斯的抓捕行动——据ICE称,此人为墨西哥籍,已有最终递解令。追捕中,嫌疑人车辆逆行行驶,随后嫌疑人与一名乘客弃车徒步逃跑。ICE探员试图在一栋建筑附近围堵这名乘客时将其撞倒。
ICE确认伤者为48岁的墨西哥籍男子米格尔·帕拉-埃尔南德斯,是嫌疑人车辆上的一名乘客。伤势无生命危险、情况稳定,据信腿部可能骨折,目前在医院接受治疗并处于ICE羁押之下。ICE称是帕拉-埃尔南德斯跑到了执法车辆前方,探员已立即呼叫急救并施救。
ICE表示,门多萨-塞万提斯有四次酒驾被捕记录、一次非法持枪被捕记录,曾被递解出境两次、又五次非法再次进入美国。截至周六他仍在逃,ICE已呼吁知情者提供线索。
哈里斯县委员莱斯利·布里奥内斯对此表示震惊,要求ICE全力配合警长办公室调查并公布全部执法视频。她在声明中说:"ICE必须全力配合哈里斯县警长办公室,并公布这起事件的全部视频证据。我们要求充分的透明、问责和对法治的尊重。"警长办公室表示,调查人员正设法调取附近建筑监控画面,还原事发经过。
据《今日美国》(USA Today)报道。
ICE Vehicle Strikes Pedestrian During Houston Pursuit; Harris County Investigates as Commissioner Demands Video Release
HOUSTON — Harris County sheriff's deputies are investigating after a vehicle operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents struck a man in the Houston area on Saturday morning during a pursuit, authorities said.
The incident happened around 7:20 a.m. on Clay Road, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. ICE agents were conducting a targeted operation to arrest Jose Mendoza-Cervantes, described by the agency as a Mexican national with a final order of removal, when the suspect drove the wrong way and then abandoned the vehicle with a passenger, fleeing on foot.
As agents tried to box in the fleeing passenger near a building, the passenger was struck. ICE identified the injured man as Miguel Parra-Hernandez, a 48-year-old Mexican national and a passenger in the suspect's vehicle. He sustained non-life-threatening injuries, is in stable condition, and is believed to have a broken leg. He was taken to a hospital and remains in ICE custody. ICE said Parra-Hernandez ran in front of the enforcement vehicle and that officers immediately called emergency medical services and rendered aid.
ICE said Mendoza-Cervantes has four prior arrests for driving under the influence and one for unlawful possession of a firearm, had been removed from the United States twice, and had illegally reentered the country five times. He remained at large as of Saturday, and the agency asked anyone with information to come forward.
Harris County Commissioner Lesley Briones said she was horrified by the incident and called on ICE to cooperate fully with investigators and release all video evidence. "ICE must cooperate fully with the Harris County Sheriff's Office and release all video evidence of this incident," Briones said in a statement. "We demand full transparency, accountability, and respect for the rule of law." The sheriff's office said investigators are trying to obtain footage from a nearby building's camera.
According to USA Today, which first reported the incident.
图片来源:ICE 执法行动资料图,公有领域(美国国土安全部官方照片;非本次事件现场)

