FBI captures final illegal immigrant inmate who escaped ICE facility in New Jersey

The final illegal immigrant who escaped from an ICE facility in New Jersey last month has been apprehended by the FBI after being located across the country.

Andres Felipe Pineda-Mogollon was arrested on Thursday in Los Angeles following a traffic stop in the Silver Lake area, according to a post by the FBI’s Los Angeles Office on social media. Homeland Security Investigations played a role in the apprehension.

“We are incredibly thankful to our courageous ICE agents and law enforcement partners for capturing Andres Pineda-Mogollon and the other three dangerous criminal illegal aliens who escaped Delaney Hall,” stated Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

“Politicians and activists relentlessly try to smear ICE, but the facts remain true: Delaney Hall houses dangerous criminals, including these four fugitives who committed aggravated assault, burglary, theft and even threatened to kill law enforcement. Now, these slimeballs no longer pose a threat to public safety.” 

Left: Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes illegally entered the U.S. in 2021 under the Biden administration and was arrested by the Wayne Township, New Jersey, Police Department on May 3 for aggravated assault, attempt to cause bodily injury, terroristic threats, and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes. Center left: Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez illegally entered the U.S. as a minor in 2019 and was arrested by the Passaic Police Department in October for unlawful possession of a handgun and again on February 15 for aggravated assault. Center right: Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and was arrested by the Hammonton Police Department on May 15 for burglary, theft and conspiracy to commit burglary. Right: Andres Pineda-Mogollon entered the U.S. in 2023 and overstayed his tourist visa. He was arrested by the New York City Police Department on April 25 for larceny and again on May 21 by the Union, New Jersey, Police Department for residential burglary, conspiracy to commit residential burglary and possession of burglary tools.

L-R: Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes, Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez, Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada and Andres Pineda-Mogollon. (DHS)

Pineda-Mogollon was arrested by the New York City Police Department April 25 for larceny and again on May 21 by the Union, New Jersey, Police Department for residential burglary, conspiracy to commit residential burglary and possession of burglary tools. 

Bautista-Reyes illegally entered the U.S. in 2021 during the Biden administration and was arrested by the Wayne Township, New Jersey, Police Department May 3 for aggravated assault, attempt to cause bodily injury, terroristic threats and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes. 

Sandoval-Lopez illegally entered the U.S. as a minor in 2019 and was arrested by the Passaic Police Department in October for unlawful possession of a handgun and again Feb. 15 for aggravated assault. 

Newark NJ ICE Protest

Protesters block vehicles from entering or leaving the Delaney Hall ICE center after the reported escape of four migrants in Newark, N.J., June 12, 2025.  (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Castaneda-Lozada entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and was arrested by the Hammonton Police Department May 15 on charges of burglary, theft and conspiracy to commit burglary. 

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