After Serving 288 Months for Hostage Taken Man Was Retained by ICE now Bailed on VOSR

After Serving 288 Months for Hostage Taken Man Was Retained by ICE now Bailed on VOSR by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 24 –  A 60-year-old man was brought by US Marshals into the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrates Court on June 24 on an alleged violation of supervised release. Inner City Press was there, and live tweeted: Judge: Time of arrest? AUSA: 6:40 am this morning. Judge: I have before me a warrant, the charge is that you filed to report to the Probation Department within 72 hours of release.  Judge: Do you wish for me to schedule an identity hearing? Federal Defender: No.  Judge: Does the District Judge in Puerto Rico set the preliminary hearing date? AUSA: A control date  AUSA: We seek detention on risk of flight and danger to the community groups. They have the burden. On flight risk, this was not a foot fault. He has been on the lam for nearly two years. He was convicted of hostage taken, pretending to be police, got 288 months  Judge: When was this? AUSA: More than twenty years ago.  Federal Defender: He is not a danger. He was taken into immigration custody and transferred by an agent who told him he was doing to be deported. Then disappeared. So he didn't know. He believed he was free He was released, with an ankle monitor. The case is USA v. Encarnacion-Montero, 1:26-mj-2485 (Wang) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com