On Sunday, authorities apprehended the second migrant who escaped from the New Jersey Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention Center during Friday’s uprising, while two others remain unaccounted for.
A total of four individuals fled the Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark, where reports indicated that around 50 detainees participated in a rebellion.
Colombian national Joan Sebastian Castaneda Rozada was captured, reportedly arrested in May on multiple charges including robbery and conspiracy, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
This arrest took place just a day after the first escape.
Another detainee, Honduras’ Sandoval Lopez, who entered the U.S. as a minor in 2019, had prior arrests for aggravated assault and illegal possession of a firearm.
Meanwhile, two detainees, Franklin Norbert Bautista Reyes from Honduras and Colombia’s Andres Pineda Mongoron, are still at large.
The four individuals initially escaped during what was described as an “uprising” within the privately operated facility. New Jersey Senator Andy Kim mentioned in a press conference that they had managed to break through drywall during the chaos.
However, the DHS countered Kim’s depiction, stating that there was no widespread panic at the detention center during the escape.
According to the agency, all four men entered the United States illegally between 2019 and 2023.
Bautista-Reyes faced charges in May for aggravated assault, among other offenses, while Pineda Mongoron was arrested in April for overstaying his tourist visa after entering the U.S. earlier that year.
The DHS has classified all four as “public safety threats.”
