'May His Story Be Known': Mario David Coronado Juarez Remembered in Vigil at Scene of Deadly Crash

A Bible and teddy bears: Inside the home of an undocumented worker who died fleeing ICE

Inside a second-floor apartment on the backside of a southwest Grand Rapids home, a handful of men convened for a somber task Sunday afternoon. It’s been one week since Mario Coronado Juarez, 36, died while fleeing an ICE traffic stop; his friends and family had gathered to clear out the room the husband and father from Guatemala had been renting.

Grand Rapids, MI: Family, community honor Mario David Coronado Juarez after his ICE-related death

Grand Rapids, MI – On the evening of Thursday, September 24, a group gathered for a vigil on Century Avenue at the site where Mario David Coronado Juarez lost his life in a fatal car crash just days before. Moments before the crash, federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stopped Mario’s vehicle on the side of the road. Coronado Juarez sped away from the agents, which led to the crash that took his life. Mario’s death comes…

Community holds vigil for man who died in crash following ICE stop

The Department of Homeland Security claimed its immigration agents were not pursuing Mario David Coronado-Juarez at the moment he crashed.

'May his story be known': Mario David Coronado Juarez remembered in vigil at scene of deadly crash

At the tree on Century Avenue where Mario David Coronado Juarez died in a car crash on Sunday after fleeing from a traffic stop conducted by ICE, a crowd of hundreds sang songs and called for justice.

Grand Rapids community honors Mario David Coronado Juárez amid calls for action against ICE

By Ari’ Browley On Sunday, Sept. 20, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was involved in the death of another civilian, and this time, the tragedy occurred closer to home.  According to a press release from Grand Rapids Police, around 7 a.m. on that Sunday, ICE attempted to stop Guatemalan native Mario David Coronado Juárez, […]

What do you do when people who are ignorant, uninformed and hateful respond to an announcement about a vigil for someone who died because of ICE?

Tonight the community is coming together to collectively mourn the death of Mario David Coronado, who died while attempting to get away from ICE. I wrote about the Press Conference that was held on Tuesday regarding the death of Mario David Coronado. On Wednesday I shared a graphic that invited the community to attend the […]