Venezuelan man from Aurora deported to El Salvador
- Nixon Azuaje-Perez, a 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant, was deported to El Salvador in mid-March.
- Azuaje-Perez relocated to Aurora to live with friends and support his family after entering the U.S. In August 2023.
- He faced criminal charges for allegedly tampering with evidence at his apartment on Nome Street after a July 2024 shooting.
- Police alleged Azuaje-Perez intentionally picked up shell casings, though advocates cited cultural differences, adding, "In some Latin American countries...the safest thing for you to do is to move evidence."
- Facing both criminal and immigration cases, Azuaje-Perez was deported despite advocates' efforts, and his current condition and location within El Salvador's prison system remain unknown.
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Venezuelan migrant teen in Colorado is among deportees taken to prison in El Salvador
At least one detainee from the ICE detention facility in Aurora -- Nixon Azuaje Perez, 19, a Venezuelan migrant -- has been sent to an El Salvadoran prison, the immigrant assistance group Casa de Paz confirmed Thursday.
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