There are things worse than being deported, such as being burned to a crisp after fleeing from immigration enforcement officers- a truly stupid way to die.
As Democrats ratchet up their deportation demagoguery for the midterms, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) blamed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the untimely demise of an illegal alien whose attempt to evade arrest ended when his vehicle collided with a tree at more than 100 mph.
Fearing that he would be sent back to his native land if he submitted to an ICE traffic stop, Guatemalan national Mario David Coronado-Juarez put the pedal to the metal, with his ill-fated escape ending in the fiery crash that claimed his life in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Sunday. And he was quickly portrayed as the victim by bad actors, one of whom was the bomb-throwing Democrat.
The “Squad” member brought attention to the unfortunate incident in a Thursday post to X, accusing ICE of killing him and calling for the abolition of the agency tasked with the enforcement of federal immigration law.
ICE killed another man. His name is Mario David Coronado Juarez.
Mario lived and worked in Michigan for 7 years as a construction worker, sending money home to his kids in Guatemala.
ICE pursued him in an unmarked car, causing a fatal car crash.
These killings have to stop.… pic.twitter.com/ZqoTY4gWiP
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) September 24, 2026
“ICE killed another man. His name is Mario David Coronado Juarez,” Tlaib wrote. “Mario lived and worked in Michigan for 7 years as a construction worker, sending money home to his kids in Guatemala. ICE pursued him in an unmarked car, causing a fatal car crash.”
“These killings have to stop. #AbolishICE,” she concluded.
But in her typical dishonest style, Tlaib omitted key details, including the context of the incident that ended with the vehicle’s high-speed collision with a tree.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filled in the blanks.
On September 20, ICE officers attempted a stop of 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,… https://t.co/l0GJ30X477
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) September 24, 2026
“On September 20, ICE officers attempted a stop of 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,” the agency said in a statement.
“As officers attempted the stop to confirm the identity of the driver, the driver of the vehicle fled at a high rate of speed,” the agency continued. “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,” DHS stated.
The kicker is that the now-deceased Coronado-Juarez wasn’t even the illegal alien that ICE was looking for.
“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,” the agency said.
X users roasted the congresswoman for her gaslighting.
He came illegally in 2021, driving a car not registered to him, fled from ICE in which for public safety stopped pursuit because he was driving over a freaking hundred miles an hour when shortly afterwards hit a tree. He caused it himself you vile bitch.
— Ava- I Love My USA!
(@WEdwarda) September 24, 2026
You’re such a lying shit.
He fled from officers and wrapped his own dumb ass around a tree.
— PirateWitchQueen (@WitchPirate) September 24, 2026
You make laws, he was illegally here. If he would have followed the law he would be alive, if you don’t like the laws it is you job to change them, as you have been ineffective at changing laws, his blood is on your hands. You failed.
— Brian Wolfe (@Brian_Wolfe__) September 25, 2026
He killed himself when he drove his car into a tree at 100 miles per hour. It was a much better outcome than if he had killed a U.S. citizen crossing the street.
— Gary P. Nabhan (@GaryPNabhan) September 24, 2026
Oh, he tried to evade law enforcement and had crappy driving skills, got it. No sympathy as he put innocent lives at risk.
— Ray Quixote (@SpyMail) September 25, 2026
All Democrats do is lie. He died after fleeing an attempted ICE traffic stop and crashing his car into a tree at high speed. Federal officials state ICE agents did not pursue or chase him.
Do you get jealous when you see a goat?
— Jay_A_Rod (@jclavel) September 24, 2026
Perhaps he should have self deported instead of being here illegally and then further evading the consequences of his unlawful actions.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) September 25, 2026
He would have been fine had he not fled from the cops in a car at 100mph.
Sounds like he made a really poor choice & rolled the dice on safety. Should have followed the orders of ICE. Would still be alive today.
— ❀Dawson❂ (@DawsonBarcey) September 25, 2026
“Resisting officers and evading arrest is dangerous for our officers, illegal aliens, and the public,” DHS pointed out.
