Eight Venezuelan migrants escape detention centre

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July 19, 2026

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Eight Venezuelan migrants escape detention centre

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Police were up to late last evening searching for eight Venezuelan men who escaped from the Immigration Detention Centre, Aripo, earlier yesterday.

While details surrounding how the men escaped the facility remained sketchy, police have identified the wanted men as: Luis Brito, Jose Brito, Roimer Duran, Edison Monroy, Felix Espanol, Edison La Rosa, Everth Ramirez, and Manuel Henriquez.

This is not the first escape at the facility.

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