Overview

• Caroline Dias Goncalves was pulled over on June 5 near Loma, Colorado, for following a semitruck too closely and received only a warning.
• The Mesa County deputy who conducted the stop shared information about Dias Goncalves in a Signal group chat intended for drug interdiction that included federal agents.
• ICE agents used the chat details to locate and detain Dias Goncalves shortly after she was released, taking her to a Denver detention facility without a warrant.
• A judge granted Dias Goncalves bond on June 18 and her lawyer said she will be released within days pending her ongoing asylum proceedings.
• The sheriff’s office has since removed its members from the Signal chat and the incident has prompted questions about Colorado’s restrictions on local cooperation with federal immigration authorities.