Federal officers have now apprehended two of the 4 escaped detainees who went lacking from an immigration detention middle in New Jersey earlier this week.
A number of senior regulation enforcement officers mentioned Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez was tracked right down to Passaic on Saturday and captured by the FBI and ICE. The following day, officers mentioned Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada had been arrested as properly. Additional particulars weren’t identified.
Sandoval-Lopez and Castaneda-Lozada have been amongst 4 detainees being held on the Delaney Corridor facility in Newark, the place ICE has been holding people who’re dealing with attainable deportation. On Friday, at some point after they have been “unaccounted for,” the Division of Homeland Safety provided a $10,000 reward for data.
The quartet apparently kicked via a wall on the facility, which Newark Mayor Ras Baraka mentioned the operator didn’t have a allow to construct. New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim known as the development “essentially just dry wall with some mesh inside and that led to an exterior wall. It shows just how shoddy how construction was here.”
The boys ended up in a car parking zone and hopped a fence. Kim says officers accountable for Delaney Corridor are inspecting different partitions that is likely to be susceptible.
“They were alluding to the idea that they are going to move all detainees out of this facility,” mentioned Kim.
Native and state authorities have been notified of the escaped detainees.
“Additional law enforcement partners have been brought in to find these escapees and a BOLO [be on the lookout] has been disseminated,” DHS mentioned in a press release. “We encourage the general public to name 911 or the ICE Tip Line: 866-DHS-2-ICE if they’ve data which will result in the finding of those people.”
The Division of Homeland Safety maintained that there was no widespread unrest and that the ability stays devoted to offering high-quality providers.
Who escaped from Delaney Corridor?
The Division of Homeland Safety recognized the 4 detainees who escaped Delaney Corridor as “public security threats.
Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes allegedly illegally entered the U.S. in 2021. On Might 3, 2025, the Wayne Township, New Jersey Police Division arrested Bautista for aggravated assault, try tocause bodily harm, terroristic threats, and possession of a weapon for illegal functions.
Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes (Crédito: DHS)
Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes (Credit score: DHS)
Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez allegedly illegally entered the U.S. as a minor in 2019. On October 3, 2024, the New Jersey Passaic Police Division arrested Sandoval for illegal possession of a handgun. He was arrested once more on February 15, 2025, by the Passaic Police Division for aggravated assault.
Joel Enrique Sandoval-López (Credit score: DHS)
Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez (Credit score: DHS)
Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada, from Colombia, allegedly illegally entered the U.S. in 2022. On Might 15, 2025, the New Jersey Hammonton Police Division arrested Castaneda for housebreaking, theft, and conspiracy to commit housebreaking.
Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada (Credit score: DHS)
Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada (Credit score: DHS)
Andres Pineda-Mogollon, of Colombia, overstayed a vacationer visa and entered the U.S. in 2023, DHS says. On April 25, 2025, the New York Metropolis Police Division arrested Pineda for petit larceny. On Might 21, 2025, the Union, New Jersey Police Division arrested Pineda for residential housebreaking, conspiracy residential housebreaking, and possession of housebreaking instruments.
Andrés Pineda-Mogollon (Credit score: DHS)
Andres Pineda-Mogollon (Credit score: DHS)
What’s Delaney Corridor?
Delaney Corridor made headlines in Might after protests broke out on the 1,000-bed, privately owned facility.
Democratic U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver was charged in a legal criticism with two assault counts stemming from a Might 9 go to to the middle. She was indicted on Tuesday; the indictment contains three counts of assaulting, resisting, impeding and interfering with federal officers.
On the similar go to that resulted in McIver’s fees, Mayor Baraka was arrested on a trespassing cost, which was later dropped. Baraka later filed a lawsuit in opposition to performing U.S. Legal professional for New Jersey Alina Habba over what he mentioned was a malicious prosecution.
On Friday, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker joined the refrain of native officers denouncing the circumstances inside Delaney Corridor, calling it “a house of horrors.” Sen. Kim confirmed the reviews that detainees are getting too few meals and coping with overcrowded circumstances.
A girl who mentioned her husband is believed to be detained on the facility has misplaced greater than 20 kilos within the final month.
“He said it hurts to lay in the beds they gave him because he’s so skinny now, they’re not feeding them,” mentioned Rosalinda Ortega, whose husband Miguel was detained. “Yesterday I called, they said stop calling and be patient. How can I be patient when they have him and are mistreating him?”
