The reward for the two men still at large after escaping an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark last week has been raised to $25,000 while new details about the apprehension of two other escapees were released by the Department of Homeland Security Monday.
The FBI increased the reward for information leading to the arrests of Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes, 21, and Andres Felip Pineda-Mogollon, 25, who remain at large after they escaped from Delaney Hall Thursday during unrest at the ICE facility.
Two others, Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada and Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez were retaken Friday and Sunday under different circumstances.
Castaneda-Lozada attempted to turn himself in to a New Jersey State Police station in Bridgeton Friday, but was denied based on the city’s sanctuary policies, DHS officials said in a statement.
He later surrendered to FBI and ICE agents in Millville on Sunday, officials said.
Castaneda-Lozada was being held at the Salem County Jail, but has since been moved, records show. The records do not say where Castaneda-Lozada has been moved.
A spokesperson from the state police did not immediately return a request for comment.
Sandoval-Lopez was arrested by ICE, FBI and Passaic police on Friday and threatened and kicked officers, officials said.
Sandoval-Lopez was being held at the Essex County Jail, court records show.
Two other detainees remain at large.
Bautista-Reyes has tattoos on his right arm and cheek and was previously charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses, FBI officials said.
His last known address was in Long Branch, according to officials.
Pineda-Mogollon was previously charged with petty larceny and residential burglary with a last-known address in Newark, officials said. He also has ties to Queens, New York, authorities said.
The FBI originally offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of four men that escaped from Delaney Hall after a wall was breached at the facility on Thursday night, authorities said.
U.S. Senator Andy Kim told a crowd of demonstrators and media on Friday that he was told by officials at the facility that the wall damaged Thursday night was made of drywall and mesh.
Kim said detainees would be moved from the facility, but it was unclear how many would be moved.
A spokesperson for Kim said Monday that all information on the situation at Delaney Hall was being distributed through DHS.
Demonstrations at the 1,000-bed facility have taken place regularly since it opened under a crackdown under the Trump administration.
Newark mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at the facility and briefly charged with trespassing in May before the charges were dropped.
At the time of his arrest, Baraka and city officials had been trying to serve citations to GEO Group officials for refusing inspections city officials said were necessary to safely operate the facility.
Detainees at Delaney Hall have not been able to meet with their attorneys since Thursday, according to an email sent from GEO Group on Friday.
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