Illegal immigrant in Colorado escapes arrest after left-wing group alerted him to ICE presence

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Activists against Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Denver, Colorado, on Friday thwarted efforts from law enforcement officers to detain an illegal immigrant wanted in Italy for child rape. 

ICE Colorado said that agents attempted to detain Salvadoran national Jose Reyes Leon-Deras, who was convicted of child rape in Italy, when members of a local anti-ICE group alerted him to their presence, allowing him to escape.

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