Aurora authorities 'declined' to help search for 2 illegal aliens who escaped Colorado detention facility: ICE

Authorities successful Aurora, Colorado, are allegedly declining to assistance U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) find 2 amerciable immigrants who escaped from the Denver Contract Detention Facility connected Tuesday, the bureau said.

Illegal immigrants Joel Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 32, and Geilond Vido-Romero, 24, escaped from the installation astatine immoderate constituent connected Tuesday aft they were accounted for during a 2 p.m. facility-wide count.

The Aurora Police Department shared a papers with Fox News Digital that said unit astatine the installation became alert of the escapees astatine astir 12:35 a.m. connected Wednesday. It besides said that an Aurora constabulary serviceman responded to an "outside bureau assist" astatine 5:13 a.m. connected Wednesday.

Aurora Police Public Information Officer Joe Moylan said the section did not person a study astir the escaped detainees until astir 2:30 a.m., 2 hours aft the men were confirmed missing and 5 hours aft the facility's powerfulness went out.

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Joel Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 32, is wanted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials for reportedly escaping detention successful Aurora connected Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (ICE DENVER)

The papers showed that Assistant Facility Director Mohamed Bennani told Aurora constabulary that the powerfulness astatine the detention halfway went retired astatine astir 9:30 p.m. connected Tuesday and the backmost doors of the installation opened up to the shot field.

Bennani believes that is erstwhile some inmates escaped done the backmost door. The installation unit started an exigency number astir midnight and realized some men were missing. 

As of precocious Wednesday, the powerfulness is inactive retired astatine the facility, but authorities said they should beryllium capable to reappraisal camera footage erstwhile it is restored.

ICE said erstwhile agents contacted section authorities, they declined to assistance successful the hunt for the 2 escapees, who were inactive connected the tally arsenic of aboriginal Thursday morning. They besides said they informed authorities and national instrumentality enforcement partners of the search.

Geilond Vido-Romero, 24, is wanted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials for reportedly escaping detention successful Aurora connected Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (ICE DENVER)

"Two detainees escaped March 18 from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Denver Contract Detention Facility, successful Aurora, Colorado. Local authorities were notified instantly and declined to assistance with the search. ICE besides notified further authorities and national instrumentality enforcement partners. The aliens are inactive astatine ample and the hunt is ongoing," an ICE spokesperson said successful a statement.

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Moylan told Fox News Digital that Aurora constabulary volition "assist with the apprehension" if the men are confirmed to beryllium successful Aurora.

"This was a acold lawsuit from the clip we were notified astir it," Moylan said successful a statement. "We are moving with our national partners to find if the escapees person immoderate transportation to the metropolis of Aurora. When the clip comes that warrants are progressive and accusation is confirmed that these men are successful Aurora, we volition assistance with the apprehension."

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services building, besides the determination of the ICE Denver Field Office, is seen extracurricular of Denver, Colorado connected July 14, 2019. (Chet Strange / AFP)

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office has said "no 1 received a petition to assistance ICE successful immoderate capacity, particularly to assistance find 2 escaped detainees," according to FOX 31 Denver. Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office besides said it was not called.

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The Colorado Bureau of Investigation told FOX 31 it was not assisting ICE with its hunt for the escapees due to the fact that it was not contacted by the national agents.

This is simply a breaking quality communicative and volition beryllium updated arsenic accusation becomes available. 

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