(EL PASO COUNTY, Colo.) — On Tuesday, May 27, El Paso County Sheriff Joseph Roybal announced the transfer of more than a dozen people into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
According to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO), not all the people on the list were arrested in El Paso County, some not even this year. However, Sheriff Roybal assured the community that all the arrests were in accordance with state and federal law.
“In continuing transparency with our community, I am providing a list of names and criminal charges related to the safe and secure transfer of custody to our federal partners at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” said Sheriff Roybal at a press conference on Tuesday.
A total of 16 detainees were relinquished to the custody of ICE, and five detained individuals with criminal charges were released from the El Paso County Jail before ICE authorities could take custody, EPSO said.
Four of the people on the list were charged with driving under the influence, two–driving without a license, two on assault charges, and another in a traffic crash causing death. 13 were arrested this year and transferred within days to ICE.
The full list of names can be found below:
Name/AgeArrest Date/AgencyCriminal ChargesTransferred to ICEJose Gutierrez-Duran, 38Feb. 13, 2025
Colorado Springs Police DepartmentSecond Degree AssaultFeb. 14, 2025Paul Cesar Ramirez,
39Feb. 26, 2025
Fremont County Sheriff’s OfficeDriving under the influence, criminal mischief, theftMarch 1, 2025Homero Alejandro Silva-Alvarado, 31Oct. 22, 2024
Bond revocationUnlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or sale, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a forged instrument, compulsory insurance, first-degree criminal trespass, criminal mischiefMarch 10, 2025Oliver Gutierrez-Rodriguez, 34March 8, 2025
Monument Police DepartmentFirst-degree burglary, first degree criminal trespassMarch 11, 2025Orlando Juan Marquez Ortega, 37March 14, 2025
Colorado Springs Police DepartmentHarassment, driving under the influenceMarch 21, 2025Gerardo Palacios-Vera, 49Jan. 15, 2025
Colorado Springs Police DepartmentHarassment, violation of registration provisions, driving under restraintMarch 27, 2025Ronni Alejandro Santos-Sanchez, 24March 31, 2025
Colorado Springs Police DepartmentCriminal mischief, driving under restraint, driving under the influenceApril 1, 2025Selvin Adalid Lara-Miranda, 28Feb. 13, 2025
Colorado Springs Police DepartmentSecond-degree assault, complicityApril 1, 2025Victor Hugo Munoz-Jimenez, 37March 20, 2025
El Paso County Sheriff’s OfficeDriving under the influenceApril 4, 2025Octavio Perez-Hernandez, 41Feb. 12, 2025
El Paso County Sheriff’s OfficeFirst degree assault, second degree assault, harassment, violent crime causing death or serious bodily injuryApril 7, 2025Cecilia Elizabeth Gutierrez-Samaria, 32Aug. 28, 2024
Colorado Springs Police DepartmentChild abuseApril 9, 2025Yoel Jesus Gomez-Rios, 29Feb. 27, 2025
Colorado Springs Police DepartmentUnlawful possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest, theft, and drug paraphernaliaApril 16, 2025Aurelio Hernandez-Reyna, 51Feb. 27, 2025
Colorado Springs Police DepartmentFourth degree arson, camping by public stream, littering, trespassingApril 19, 2025Joan Paez-Mendez, 40April 4, 2025
El Paso County Sheriff’s OfficeUnlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or sale, or unlawful possession of a controlled substanceMay 1, 2025Javier Marin-Vicente, 50March 7, 2025
Colorado Springs Police DepartmentUnlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or sale, unlawful possession of a controlled substanceMay 19, 2025Jose Vega-Arreola, 42Dec. 10, 2024
El Paso County Sheriff’s OfficeAccident involving death or personal injuries, violation of protection order, careless driving, driving under restraint, failure to yield, third degree assault, violation of protection order, child restraint systems requiredMay 21, 2025
“I feel it’s important to release those names, and the associated charges of those individuals, to demonstrate what I’ve been saying all along… working with ICE is one tool to keep our community safe,” said Roybal. “The individuals that we released to ICE, in fact, had criminal charges, some of them heinous charges.”
Sheriff Roybal said it is his intent to continue being transparent with the community by regularly releasing information on his agency’s cooperation with ICE.
