As our own Aaron Walker reported, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan national, was shot and wounded by ICE agents in Austin on Sunday. Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna was hit with a Community Note on X on Monday when he posted that Perez was "denied urgent medical care." EMTs transported Perez to Dell Seton Medical Center, and ABC News reported on Tuesday that Perez had just been released from the hospital and was back in federal custody.
Prepare now to hear about Mario David Coronado-Juarez, who Rep. Rashida Tlaib posted on Thursday was killed by ICE. According to Tlaib, Juarez was a construction worker who was sending money home to his kids in Guatemala.
ICE killed another man. His name is Mario David Coronado Juarez.
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) September 24, 2026
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
Wait, ICE caused a fatal car crash? Was Coronado-Juarez fleeing from a traffic stop? Because if he'd pulled over and complied with ICE agents, ICE wouldn't have pursued him.
DHS stepped in to fill in the gaps in Tlaib's rendition of events.
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
The post continues:
… 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.
So, DHS says ICE officers discontinued the chase in the interest of public safety, because Coronado-Juarez took off at well over 100 miles per hour. It sounds like a car crash killed him, not ICE.
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.
— PirateWitchQueen (@WitchPirate) September 24, 2026
He fled from officers and wrapped his own dumb ass around a tree.
A message from a normal human being would be to tell people to not run from law enforcement and to cooperate instead.
— Frank Glazewski (@frank_glazewski) September 24, 2026
But you don't really want to stop this sort of thing, do you?
If it stops, you don't have a platform to run on.
You're counting on morons to do stupid shit.
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
He killed himself by fleeing law enforcement and crashing into a tree. He was driving like such a maniac they terminated the chase out of public safety concerns. They saw smoke about a half mile away and sure enough, he FAFO. One less deportation needed.
— Blaine Stewart (@BlaineStewart16) September 24, 2026
Did he work in construction for seven consecutive years before being deported by the Biden administration, or are we counting the years after he illegally snuck back in?
So a man in the country illegally ran from law enforcement and crashed the car….and you’re blaming the law enforcement agency? This is what had to stop.
— Mark Walker (@markwalker5555) September 24, 2026
No, dumbass. He killed himself by refusing to stop for police and driving over 100 mph while doing it. He lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree. Try again.
— Curtis Barber 🇺🇸 (@CurtisBarber1) September 24, 2026
Did he come here legally? Did he take a job for 7 years that should have gone to an American? Did he chose to run instead of turning himself over to ICE?
— Yankeefan63 (@dejesus63) September 24, 2026
As a congresswoman, you should know the law.
Dude killed himself trying to evade law enforcement. Your wording of this is terrible spin.
— James Swad (@242swad) September 24, 2026
So they never even touched him, and he killed himself by breaking even MORE laws than the original one of him being in our country illegally ?
— Haeze (@Haeze) September 24, 2026
Doesn't sound like ICE killed him. He killed himself while committing multiple crimes.
you have to stop lying. Why are you against the laws of the land being enforced?
— Joe Pags Pagliarulo (@JoeTalkShow) September 24, 2026
Oops, think you have the wrong illegal, that's not what happened at all. You lying again?
— marty Brennan Harrison (@Ma86890Marty) September 24, 2026
The good news is he thankfully only killed himself and not any innocents.
— Cesare Borgia (@SirCesareBorgia) September 24, 2026
This happened on Sunday, the same day Perez was shot and wounded. They're still talking about Perez in the press, but this is the first we've seen about Coronado-Juarez. Maybe the facts of the case — most notably that ICE didn't kill him — have kept his death from becoming a media staple.
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