Up to $20K reward offered amid ongoing search for 2 escaped N.J. detainees

Federal officials continue Monday to search for two detainees who went missing from an immigration detention center in New Jersey last week and are offering a reward up to $10,000 for the arrest of each

Federal officials continue Monday to search for two detainees who went missing from an immigration detention center in New Jersey last week and are offering a reward up to $10,000 for the arrest of each.

A total of four initially escaped Newark’s Delaney Hall facility, where ICE has been holding individuals facing possible deportation, on Thursday. One was captured in Passaic on Saturday, by the FBI and ICE, and a second was taken into custody Sunday.

Franklin Norberto Bautista Reyes, 20, and Andres Felipe Pineda Mogollon, 24, both of whom federal authorities described as public safety threats, remain at large.

Reyes, federal officials say, was arrested previously on local aggravated assault and possession of a weapon charges. The Honduran had a last known address in Long Branch, New Jersey. He has tattoos on his right arm and cheek. Bautista-Reyes allegedly entered the U.S. illegally in 2021.

Pineda-Mogollon, of Colombia, overstayed a tourist visa and entered the U.S. in 2023, DHS says. He was arrested previously on local petty larceny and residential burglary charges. His last known address was in Newark, New Jersey, and he is known to have ties to Queens, New York.