Newark ICE detainee captured after 4 go lacking from Delaney Corridor – NBC New York

Federal officers have apprehended one of many 4 escaped detainees who went lacking from an immigration detention heart in New Jersey earlier this week.

A number of senior regulation enforcement officers stated Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez was tracked all the way down to Passaic on Saturday and captured by the FBI and ICE.

Sandoval-Lopez was amongst 4 detainees being held on the Delaney Corridor facility in Newark, the place ICE has been holding people who’re dealing with doable 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 by a wall on the facility, which Newark Mayor Ras Baraka stated the operator didn’t have a allow to construct. New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim referred to as the development “basically simply dry wall with some mesh inside and that led to an exterior wall. It reveals simply how shoddy how development was right here.”

The boys ended up in a car parking zone and hopped a fence. Kim says officers answerable for Delaney Corridor are analyzing different partitions that could be susceptible.

“They have been alluding to the thought that they’re going to transfer all detainees out of this facility,” stated Kim.

Native and state authorities have been notified of the escaped detainees.

“Further regulation enforcement companions have been introduced in to seek out these escapees and a BOLO [be on the lookout] has been disseminated,” DHS stated in an announcement. “We encourage the general public to name 911 or the ICE Tip Line: 866-DHS-2-ICE if they’ve data that 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 Could 3, 2025, the Wayne Township, New Jersey Police Division arrested Bautista for aggravated assault, try to
trigger bodily harm, terroristic threats, and possession of a weapon for illegal functions.

Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes (Crédito: 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)

Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada, from Colombia, allegedly illegally entered the U.S. in 2022. On Could 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)

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 Could 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)

What’s Delaney Corridor?

Delaney Corridor made headlines in Could 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 Could 9 go to to the middle. She was indicted on Tuesday; the indictment consists of three counts of assaulting, resisting, impeding and interfering with federal officers.

On the identical 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 towards performing U.S. Legal professional for New Jersey Alina Habba over what he stated 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 home of horrors.” Sen. Kim confirmed the experiences that detainees are getting too few meals and coping with overcrowded circumstances.

A girl who stated her husband is believed to be detained on the facility has misplaced greater than 20 kilos within the final month.

“He stated it hurts to put within the beds they gave him as a result of he’s so skinny now, they’re not feeding them,” stated Rosalinda Ortega, whose husband Miguel was detained. “Yesterday I referred to as, they stated cease calling and be affected person. How can I be affected person after they have him and are mistreating him?”