Two men escaped from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Aurora on Tuesday, according to agency officials.
Geilond Vido-Romero, 24, was arrested by ICE in Castle Rock on Feb. 26 after officers contacted him at the Douglas County Jail. He was awaiting deportation to Venezuela.
Joel Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 32, was arrested by ICE on Feb. 12 after they encountered him at the Adams County Jail in January. He was awaiting immigration proceedings.
The agency did not say why the men were arrested in Adams or Douglas counties. No district court case exists for Vido-Romero and Gonzalez-Gonzalez’s case was dismissed with no charges filed, according to court records.
ICE informed local authorities after the men escaped from the Denver Contract Detention Facility on Tuesday, but they declined to help search, agency officials said in a statement.
More than 100 people were also gathered outside the facility Tuesday to protest the arrest of immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra.
The men are still at large and the search is ongoing, according to ICE.
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