Rep. Rashida Tlaib declared that a Guatemalan man here illegally, who crashed into a tree after fleeing an attempted ICE stop at 100mph, was killed by ICE.
“ICE killed another man,” Tlaib said recklessly with her usual lack of logic.
The Michigan Democrat made the accusation Thursday while identifying the man as Mario David Coronado-Juarez, a construction worker who had been sending money to his children in Guatemala.
Tlaib said ICE “pursued him in an unmarked car, causing a fatal car crash.” [Uh, no]
“These killings have to stop,” she wrote, adding the hashtag #AbolishICE.
Then we heard the true story. The tree killed him when he ran into it at over 100 mph with no one following him.
The True Story via Homeland Security:
On September 20, ICE officers attempted to stop a vehicle registered to a known criminal illegal alien with multiple alcohol related driving offenses who is also wanted in Guatemala for a drunk and disorderly charge, during a targeted enforcement operation in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
As officers attempted the stop to confirm the identity of the driver, the driver of the vehicle fled at a high rate of speed. In the interest of public safety, ICE officers immediately discontinued the enforcement action.
A short time later, officers saw smoke nearly half a mile from the attempted stop and discovered the vehicle had crashed into a tree and caught fire. Officers immediately attempted to render aid and extinguish the fire until the Grand Rapids Police Department and Fire Department arrived. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by local officials.
Officials also estimated that the suspect’s vehicle was traveling well over 100 miles per hour when the crash occurred.
Upon further investigation, the driver of the vehicle was Mario David Coronado-Juarez, and not the vehicle’s registered owner. Coronado-Juarez was an illegal alien from Guatemala who was previously removed by Border Patrol from the United States in 2021. He re-entered the country, a felony, at an unknown date and location.
Resisting officers and evading arrest is dangerous for our officers, illegal aliens, and the public.