Fourth ICE Detainee Charged with Escaping Detention Facility in Newark Appears in Court

NEWARK, N.J. - The last of four individuals charged with escaping from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, has been arrested and had his initial appearance in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced.

Andres Felipe Pineda Mogollon, 25, of Colombia, was charged by complaint on June 13, 2025, with escape from the custody of an institution or officer. In separate complaints, Franklin Norberto Bautista Reyes, 20, of Honduras, Joan Sebastian Castaneda Lozada, 18, of Colombia, and Joel Enrrique Sandoval-Lopez, 22, of Honduras, were each charged with the same offense in connection with the same escape.

According to documents filed in this case, each defendant was detained at Delaney Hall, a privately owned detention center in Newark, New Jersey, pending immigration removal proceedings. On or about June 12, 2025, the defendants fled the facility by breaking through an aluminum second-story wall, dropping mattresses through the opening in the wall to provide a landing place on which to jump, and utilizing bed sheets to cover barbed wire in order to climb over the fence.

Castaneda Lozada, Sandoval-Lopez, and Bautista Reyes were each apprehended in New Jersey between June 15 and 16, 2025. Pineda Mogollon was apprehended on July 17, 2025, in Los Angeles, and appeared in court on August 18, 2025, in Court before the Honorable Michael A. Hammer, United States Magistrate Judge.

Each defendant faces a maximum penalty of one year imprisonment and a $100,000 fine.

Acting U.S. Attorney Habba credited special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy in the Newark Field Office and Assistant Director in Charge Akil Davis in the Los Angeles Field Office; officers of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, under the direction of Acting Director Todd M. Lyons; and officers of Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Ricky Patel, with the investigation.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael A. Hardin of the Public Protection Task Force in Newark.

The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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Defense counsel: Stephen Turano, Esq.