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Department of Homeland Security defends officers following fatal traffic accident involving migrants in Michigan

Department of Homeland Security defends officers following fatal traffic accident involving migrants in Michigan

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September 24th, 2026

Department of Homeland Security defends officers following fatal traffic accident involving migrants in Michigan

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On Thursday, authorities disclosed that federal immigration officials had been positioned approximately half a mile from the scene of an incident last weekend in Michigan, in which an undocumented man, driving at high speed, caused a fatal collision, thereby attempting to rebut claims that they had been pursuing the man.

当局は木曜日、先週末にミシガン州において不法滞在の男性が高速で車を衝突させ死亡に至らしめた事件に関し、連邦移民当局者が現場からおよそ0.5マイルの距離に位置していたと公表し、彼らが当該男性を追跡していたとの主張に対する反論を試みた。

The death of Mario Coronado Juarez sparked outrage among friends and activists, prompting Governor Gretchen Whitmer to direct the state police to investigate the collision that occurred in Grand Rapids on Sunday morning.

マリオ・コロナド・フアレスの死は友人や活動家たちの怒りを喚起し、グレッチェン・ホイットマー知事は州警察に対し、日曜朝にグランドラピッズで発生した衝突事故を調査するよう指示を下した。

Juárez, a native of Guatemala, does not appear to have been a person whom the authorities had singled out as a specific target.

グアテマラ出身のフアレスは、当局が特定の標的として挙げていた人物ではなかったようである。

However, the Department of Homeland Security disclosed in a statement that he had been driving a vehicle registered in the name of another individual who was likewise being sought for deportation to Guatemala on grounds of unlawful presence.

しかしながら、彼は、同じく不法滞在を理由にグアテマラへの送還を求められていた別の人物の名義で登録された車両を運転していたと、国土安全保障省は声明において明らかにした。

"When officers attempted to pull the driver over in order to verify his identity, the driver fled at high speed," the DHS stated.

「警官が運転者の身元を確認せんがために停止を試みたところ、運転者は高速で逃走した」とDHSは述べた。

"In light of public safety concerns, ICE officers immediately discontinued their enforcement action."

「公共の安全を鑑み、ICE警官は直ちに執行措置を中止した。」

"Shortly thereafter, at a location approximately half a mile from where the officers had attempted the stop, they observed smoke and discovered that the vehicle had crashed into a tree and was engulfed in flames," the DHS stated.

「まもなくして、警官は停止を試みた地点からおよそ0.5マイル隔たった箇所において煙を認め、車両が樹木に激突し炎上しているのを発見した」とDHSは述べた。

According to the agency's account, officers had attempted to rescue Juarez and extinguish the flames before emergency responders from Grand Rapids arrived at the scene.

同機関の説明によれば、グランドラピッズの救急隊が現場に到着する以前に、警官らがフアレスを救助せんとし、かつ消火を試みたという。

Juarez, who was in his thirties, was pronounced dead at the scene.

30代であったフアレスは、その場で死亡が確認された。

There have been instances in which ICE officers tracked down and arrested an individual they were convinced was their target, only to find that the person was in fact someone else entirely.

ICE警官が標的と確信した人物を追跡・逮捕したものの、実際には別人であったという事例が存在する。

Nevertheless, as the agency undergoes rapid expansion through the recruitment of some 12,000 officers, its long-standing practices are coming under intense scrutiny.

しかしながら、12,000人規模の警官採用により同機関が急速に拡大する中、その長年の慣行に対し厳しい視線が注がれている。

In Evanston, Illinois, on Sunday, police stated that following a confrontation with a man whom immigration officers mistook for a fugitive, a male U.S. citizen was left bloodied by the roadside.

イリノイ州エバンストンにおいて、日曜日、移民警官が逃亡者と誤認した男性との衝突の末、米国市民たる男性が道路脇で血まみれの状態に陥ったと警察は述べた。

According to the Department of Homeland Security, the man initially refused to disclose his identity, notwithstanding "lawful orders."

国土安全保障省によれば、同男性は当初、「合法的な命令」にもかかわらず、身元を明かすことを拒んだという。

David LaGrand, the mayor of Grand Rapids, has made clear his intention to support the state police investigation into Huarez's death.

グランドラピッズ市長デビッド・ラグランドは、フアレスの死をめぐる州警察の捜査を支持する意向を明らかにしている。

In response, the city police stated that on Sunday they had not been involved until they were summoned to the scene of the confrontation.

これに対し、市警察は、日曜日には衝突現場に招集されるまで関与していなかったと述べた。

"We cannot presume to know what Mario was thinking or feeling, but it is unmistakable that his death occurred within the context of a national endeavor to instill fear among immigrant neighbors," LaGrand stated.

「マリオが何を思い、何を感じていたのかは窺い知れないが、彼の死が、移民の隣人たちの間に恐怖を醸成せんとする国家的な取り組みの文脈において生じたものであることは明白である」とラグランドは述べた。

According to the testimony of Hema Lou, an immigrant rights activist, Juárez was reportedly employed in the construction industry in Grand Rapids while supporting his wife and three children, and was moreover saving funds to build a house in Guatemala, where they resided.

移民権利活動家のヘマ・ロウの証言によれば、フアレスはグランドラピッズにおいて建設業に従事しつつ、妻と3人の子供を扶養し、なおかつ彼らが居住するグアテマラに家を建てるための資金を蓄えていたという。

On Tuesday, in the plaza in front of City Hall, she invoked Juárez's name and declared that he had lost his life as a result of ICE's "vicious persecution of immigrant workers."

火曜日、彼女は市役所前の広場でフアレスの名を唱え、彼がICEによる「移民労働者への悪質な迫害」によって命を落としたと述べた。

Hillary Scholten, the Democratic congresswoman representing Grand Rapids, dispatched a detailed letter to ICE that included a request for the preservation of footage recorded by police officers.

グランドラピッズ選出の民主党下院議員ヒラリー・ショルテンは、警官が録画した映像の保存を求めることを含む詳細な書簡をICE宛てに送付した。

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