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ICE Confirms Transfer of Detained Durango Father to Texas as Probes Open Into Protest Clash

Local officials requested state and federal reviews of agent conduct following clashes outside the Durango ICE office.

Overview

  • ICE said Fernando Jaramillo-Solano will be held at the ICE Processing Center in Dilley, Texas, pending immigration proceedings, and did not disclose the children’s location.
  • Advocates say the Colombian family has an active asylum case and that agents refused to accept legal paperwork and declined to release the children to their mother.
  • Videos show masked agents throwing a woman to the ground and firing pepperballs as protesters tried to block vehicles, and ICE later said demonstrators created unnecessary risks.
  • Durango Police reported repeated attempts to facilitate release of the children to their mother and said a welfare check was denied after a distress report for one child.
  • The city asked the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to review the incident and said the FBI is looking into it, while Colorado State Patrol said it assisted with safety and used no weapons or chemical munitions.