The family is there for five days Jose Cuellar He didn’t know where he was or what condition he was in. The man, 51 years old and originally from El Salvador, was arrested during a traffic stop by the Florida Highway Patrol and later turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICEfor its acronym in English).
Cuellar was intercepted on Tuesday, December 9th as he was on his way to do some yard work. in the town of Daviein an operation that was captured on video and shared on social media.
The alien was traveling in a work truck with other workers when they were arrested by Florida Highway Patrol members. during an operation routine traffic control.
According to his relatives NBC6after this arrest They didn’t hear from him for five days..
“We didn’t know where he was or how he was doing.”their children told local media as they described the period of uncertainty they endured overnight from Tuesday, December 9th to Sunday, December 14th.
During the vehicle inspection, several men driving work trucks were arrested. Among them was Cuellar, a Salvadoran immigrant who was turned over to federal immigration authorities and taken into custody.
The family explained that the man was undocumentedbut that his immigration status would be checked.
According to him Cuellar You have an active family petition and it is being processed Appeal against a previous deportation order in connection with an asylum application.
On Sunday evening, Cuellar managed to communicate with his family for the first time. In that call he told them this He is being held in an immigration detention center in the state of Colorado.
From the family environment, they claim that the lack of information for several days aggravated the torment of the case, especially because They did not know whether he had been extradited out of state or whether he remained in local custody. Until now, No official information was given about the reasons for the transfer. nor about the deadlines for their procedural situation.
The Cuellar case brings renewed focus Traffic operations leading to immigrant arrests in Florida.
Another similar episode in the Sunshine State featured Elvis García, an 18-year-old Latino arrested by ICE while driving to his high school in his mother’s vehicle.
“They stopped him and told him that they were arresting him because he was driving the car of someone who was undocumented or illegal.. Then they took him down and told him that they had to take him with them,” said María, his mother, in an interview with Telemundo.
After spending a week in the Alligator Alcatraz internment camp, he is now in Honduras with his grandparents on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula, where he is trying to get his life back together He is looking for a way to return to the USA.
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