Police apprehend ICE detainee who escaped from prison, authorities say
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainee who escaped from Essex County Jail earlier this month was caught Saturday, authorities said.
A national of Guatemala, Luis Cordon-Guzman, 31, escaped from prison on Dec. 4 after he was being held there while he faced pending removal proceedings, the ICE Newark office announced Monday.
ICE officers arrested him on Dec. 12 but no other details on his release or escape were released.
“As a result of the investigatory efforts of the dedicated men and women of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Newark Field Office, this criminal alien is back behind bars,” Newark ICE-ERO Field Officer Director John Tsoukaris said in a statement. “Our officers worked day and night over this past week to bring this individual to justice.”
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A Guatemalan national who escaped from the jail in Essex County while awaiting a deportation hearing is back in federal custody, authorities said.
ICE agents captured Luis Cordon-Guzman, 31, on Saturday, ending an extensive manhunt involving several law enforcement agencies, Newark ICE-ERO Field Officer Director John Tsoukaris announced.
“As a result of the investigatory efforts of the dedicated men and women of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Newark Field Office, this criminal alien is back behind bars, Tsoukaris said Monday night. “Our officers worked day and night over this past week to bring this individual to justice.”
The director last week vowed that ICE and its law enforcement partners will use every resource available to us to apprehend Cordon-Guzman.
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