Police have recaptured three of five detainees who recently escaped from the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in Aripo.
Detainees 28-year-old Christian Jose Rivero Parades, 38-year-old Honatan Jesus Carreno, and 24-year-old Samuel Gonzales were recovered in an overnight search operation involving officers from the Arima Criminal Investigations Department, the Northern Division Task Force, Arima Municipal Police, the TTPS Air Support Unit, and officers at the Immigration Detention Centre.
Two other men, Leirzer Omar Meza Font and Miguel Sanchez, remain on the run.
Following their escape, farm areas between Aripo Road and Smith Field were cordoned off, and searches were conducted at several abandoned houses and garden plots.
Newly minted Commissioner of Police, Allister Guevarro, expressed his gratitude to the members of the public who responded to the call to assist law enforcement in locating the escapees and the work of all the officers involved.