Michigan Orders Probe After 1 Man Dies Fleeing ICE Stop in Grand Rapids

3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 23

Michigan state police were ordered to conduct an independent review after Mario David Coronado Juarez died Sunday in Grand Rapids when his vehicle hit a tree and caught fire.
Grand Rapids police said ICE personnel had attempted to stop the vehicle before the crash and the driver fled; ICE did not immediately comment.
Rep. Hillary Scholten asked acting ICE Director David Venturella to explain why agents pursued him, whether records will be shared, and whether officers followed agency rules.
Coronado Juarez's family, backed by immigrant-rights advocates, is seeking an investigation and the return of his body to Guatemala; advocates said he was married with three young children.
The death comes amid a broader rise in Midwestern immigration enforcement and a pattern of vehicle-related incidents: a July Washington Post analysis found at least 17 shootings of motorists by federal immigration officers since Trump's second term began.