Immigrant Who Fled ICE In JFK Cab Caught In Chicago: Officials

NEW YORK, NY — A Senegalese man who escaped Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at JFK Airport and fled in a yellow cab has been arrested in Chicago, officials said.

Mohamadou Lamine Mbacke was in the custody of ICE agents at JFK late Tuesday when he escaped.ICE agents had been preparing to place Mbacke on a commercial flight.

Surveillance cameras show him later getting into a cab. The 31-year-old Mbacke was arrested Friday at a coffee shop near Chicago's Union station.

The agency says Mbacke entered the country lawfully in 2005, but violated the terms of his status. Mbacke was ordered deported in September 2015.

An immigration court in Detroit ordered Mbacke's deportation following his conviction in November 2013 for a felony firearms offense. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment.

Lead photo courtesy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.