Two of thefour detaineeswho escaped from a Newark, New Jersey, immigration detention center have been recaptured, according toThe Associated Press.
The four men escaped fromDelaney Hall, a privately-owned detention facility with 1,000 beds, on Thursday. They escaped by “kicking through an interior wall,” Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said ina post on X.
The FBI said Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez and Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada were taken back into custody, according to the AP.
FBI Newarkposted a wanted posterSunday for the other two detainees, Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes and Andres Felipe Pineda-Mogollon.
Delaney Hall has been the center of repeated protests since it opened in May. Both a sitting congresswoman –Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver– and Baraka were arrested during protests there. Charges against Baraka were dropped, while McIver was indicted on charges of forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers; the congresswoman says the charges are baseless.
CNN has reached out to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security for more information.
This is a developing story and will be updated.