Third illegal immigrant captured after ICE facility breakout

FBI officials in Newark, New Jersey, have confirmed that three of four escaped illegal immigrant inmates have been detained.

The four inmates, whom the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) described as “public safety threats,” broke out of Delaney Hall, a privately run ICE detention facility, on the evening of June 12.

This week, the agency captured Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes, Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez and Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada. Andres Felipe Pineda-Mogollon remains at large.

The three captured suspects, who were living in the United States illegally, are from Honduras, while Pineda-Mogollon was born in Colombia. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest of Pineda Mogollon.

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Authorities had previously offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the escapees’ arrests.

Pineda-Mogollon entered the U.S. in 2023 and overstayed his tourist visa. He was arrested by the New York City Police Department on April 25 for larceny and again on May 21 by the Union, New Jersey, Police Department for residential burglary, conspiracy to commit residential burglary and possession of burglary tools.

The suspect’s last known address was in Newark, New Jersey, and he has ties to Queens, New York, the FBI said.

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Bautista-Reyes illegally entered the U.S. in 2021 under the Biden administration and was arrested by the Wayne Township, New Jersey, Police Department on May 3 for aggravated assault, attempt to cause bodily injury, terroristic threats and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes.

Sandoval-Lopez illegally entered the U.S. as a minor in 2019 and was arrested by the Passaic Police Department in October for unlawful possession of a handgun and again on Feb. 15 for aggravated assault.

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Castaneda-Lozada entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and was arrested by the Hammonton Police Department on May 15 for burglary, theft and conspiracy to commit burglary.

Immigration attorney Mustafa Cetin told NJ.com that around 50 detainees at the private facility pushed down a dormitory wall after becoming agitated when meals were delayed. 

“It’s about the food, and some of the detainees were getting aggressive, and it turned violent,” Cetin said. 

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At approximately 9 p.m. on June 12, a group of protesters blocked an SUV from exiting an ancillary gate at Delaney Hall, forcing it to back into the facility.

DHS contested reporting that there had been widespread unrest at the facility, saying the private detention center “remains dedicated to providing high-quality services, including around-the-clock access to medical care, in-person and virtual legal and family visitation, general and legal library access, translation services, dietician-approved meals, religious and specialty diets, recreational amenities, and opportunities to practice their religious beliefs.”

Fox News’ Sandy Ibrahim, Peter Pinedo, Jasmine Baehr and Jennifer Johnson contributed to this report.