A man­hunt has been launched for five Venezue­lan na­tion­als who es­caped from the Im­mi­gra­tion De­ten­tion Cen­tre in Aripo yes­ter­day.

Po­lice said the five es­caped by cut­ting a hole in the roof of the fa­cil­i­ty.

Po­lice were alert­ed around 3.20 pm that the five men had gone miss­ing. They were last seen at the East­ern Main Road fa­cil­i­ty at 2.45 pm. It is be­lieved they fled through the mess­ing area. The es­capees have been iden­ti­fied as Chris­t­ian Jose Riv­iero Pa­rades, Leirz­er Omar Meza Font, Samuel Ed­uar­do Gon­za­lez Ro­driguez, Miguel Sanchez, and Jhonathan Je­sus Car­reno.