Immigration Detainers Issued After Fatal NJ Crash

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued administrative detainers against two women charged in connection with a fatal parking lot collision in Jackson, New Jersey, that claimed the life of nine-month-old Yitzchak Rosenberg last Friday. The federal action follows revelations that both suspects are foreign nationals residing in the United States without legal authorization.

According to Ocean County jail records, Maria Cobon-Gusman, 20, of Trenton, the alleged driver of the vehicle that struck the victims, is a Guatemalan citizen unlawfully present in the country. A separate immigration detainer has also been filed against Ariadna Lazaro-Flores, 22, of Toms River, a Mexican national who owns the vehicle involved in the crash.

Prosecutors allege that Lazaro-Flores knowingly allowed Cobon-Gusman to operate her vehicle despite being fully aware that the younger woman had never held a valid driver's license. Investigators confirmed that Cobon-Gusman has never been licensed to drive in New Jersey or any other U.S. state.

An ICE detainer is a formal request to local law enforcement agencies to notify federal immigration authorities before releasing an individual from custody. This mechanism allows federal officials the necessary time to assume custody of the detainees and transfer them to federal detention facilities, where deportation proceedings can be initiated.

The tragedy unfolded Friday afternoon in the parking lot of an NPGS shopping center on West County Line Road. Cobon-Gusman, driving a Ford Fusion, struck a mother who was pushing a stroller carrying her nine-month-old son and five-year-old daughter with considerable force.

Emergency responders rushed the family to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where doctors pronounced young Yitzchak dead. The mother sustained a broken leg, while the five-year-old daughter suffered minor injuries and bruising.