HOUSTON — Assault charges have been dismissed against a landscaper who was arrested in a widely circulated video showing a confrontation with a postal worker in Harris County earlier this year. Now, the family of Margarita Avila is calling for her release from federal immigration custody.
Avila was arrested in March after she allegedly injured a postal worker with a weed eater while landscaping near a community mailbox. The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office charged her with assault after the incident, which was partially caught on video. Her family has consistently maintained that she acted in self-defense.
