Two illegal migrants are on the run after escaping from a Colorado detention facility during a power outage, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — which accuses local authorities in the sanctuary city of refusing to help track them down. NY Post reporter Diedre Bardolf shares this story.
Joel Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 32, and Geilond Vido-Romero, 24, fled the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora late Tuesday when the ICE facility was struck by the sudden outage, the feds said.
Authorities noticed the pair were missing during a routine facility-wide count, ICE said.
“Local authorities were notified immediately and declined to assist with the search,” an ICE spokesperson said in a statement. “ICE also notified additional state and federal law enforcement partners. The aliens are still at large and the search is ongoing.”
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Joel Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 32, and Geilond Vido-Romero, 24, fled the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora late Tuesday when the ICE facility was struck by the sudden outage, the feds said.
Authorities noticed the pair were missing during a routine facility-wide count, ICE said.
“Local authorities were notified immediately and declined to assist with the search,” an ICE spokesperson said in a statement. “ICE also notified additional state and federal law enforcement partners. The aliens are still at large and the search is ongoing.”
Read more at https://nypost.com/2025/03/20/us-news/two-illegal-migrants-escape-ice-facility-during-power-outage/
#illegalimmigrant #ice #immigration
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00:00Two illegal migrants are on the run after escaping from a Colorado detention facility
00:05during a power outage, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
00:10Joel Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 32, and Galand Vito Romero, 24, fled the Denver contract
00:18detention facility in Aurora late Tuesday when the power went out, ICE said.
00:23The escape was discovered during a routine facility-wide count.
00:28Police immediately notified local authorities, but they declined to assist with the search,
00:33according to agency officials.
00:35Federal and state law enforcement partners were also alerted, and the search remains
00:39ongoing.
00:40Aurora police claim they were not informed until hours after the escape.
00:45The department clarified that while they are available to assist with public safety emergencies,
00:51they do not enforce federal immigration law and cannot participate in large-scale searches
00:56or follow-ups.
00:57Vito Romero was detained by ICE last month after being arrested on local charges in Castle
01:03Rock.
01:04He illegally entered the U.S. through Eagle Pass, Texas, in December 2023 and was awaiting
01:10deportation to Venezuela.
01:12Gonzalez-Gonzalez entered the U.S. through El Paso, Texas, in 2013.
01:17He was taken into federal custody last month after being held at the Adams County Jail
01:22in Brighton on local charges.
01:25He was awaiting immigration proceedings at the time of his escape.