Last Detainee Arrested After 4 Escape From ICE Prison In New Jersey

NEWARK, NJ — Authorities have apprehended the last remaining fugitive who escaped from a controversial immigrant detention facility in New Jersey last month.

According to an update from the FBI-Newark, police arrested Andres Felipe Pineda Mogollon, 25, in Los Angeles, California last week.

The FBI-Newark credited their counterparts in Los Angeles and the U.S. Homeland Security Task Force for assisting with the arrest.

Mogollon, a Colombia native, escaped Delaney Hall in Newark on June 12 with three other detainees: Franklin Norberto Bautista Reyes, 20, of Honduras, Joan Sebastian Castaneda Lozada, 18, of Colombia, Andres Felipe Pineda Mogollon, 25, of Colombia, and Joel Enrrique Sandoval-Lopez, 22, of Honduras.

According to prosecutors, the four prisoners broke through an aluminum second-story wall at the privately run prison. They dropped mattresses through an opening in the wall, giving them a landing place to jump onto. The detainees then climbed over a fence, using bedsheets to cover barbed wire on their way out. Read More: Here’s How ICE Detainees Escaped Prison In New Jersey, Feds Say

The incident took place amid ongoing protests at the controversial ICE detainment center, with reports of poor treatment of inmates and a detainee “uprising” emerging on the day of the escape. The company that runs Delaney Hall, the GEO Group, has disputed these claims.

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