One Aurora ICE Escapee Captured, Search for Second Continues

Joel Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez was apprehended after escaping during a power outage, while Geilond Vido-Romero remains at large.

Joel Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez was captured by Adams County Sheriff's deputies early Friday after being spotted as a suspicious individual near 64th Avenue and Beech Street.
Geilond Vido-Romero, the second escapee, is still missing, and efforts to locate him are ongoing as of Saturday morning.
The detainees escaped from the Aurora ICE detention facility on Tuesday night during a power outage that unlocked doors and allowed them to bypass security and scale a perimeter fence.
The GEO Group, which operates the facility under a federal contract, is under scrutiny for the security lapse, and the incident has raised concerns about private detention facility management.
Tensions persist between ICE and the Aurora Police Department over the response to the escape, with conflicting accounts about delays in notifying local authorities.