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Man who escaped Tacoma ICE facility caught in Oregon

Mar 29, 2025, 9:01 PM

A Venezuelan man escaped the ICE detention center in Tacoma. (Photo: ICE Seattle)...

A Venezuelan man escaped the ICE detention center in Tacoma. (Photo: ICE Seattle)

(Photo: ICE Seattle)

The Seattle office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says the man who escaped a Tacoma ICE facility on March 26 has been caught.

24-year-old Alvaro Flores-Barboza of Venezuela was detained by local authorities in Portland, Oregon, according to an ICE spokesperson.

On Wednesday, March 26, Flores-Barboza escaped from the ICE Processing Center in Tacoma and is now facing removal from the U.S., the department posted.

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