Man in viral video deported five times, is convicted felon

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The video was recorded on Facebook Live by a local activist with the Denver Justice Project.
Article author: 
Jeremy Jojola
Article publisher: 
9 News
Article date: 
21 June 2018
Article category: 
Colorado News
Medium
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A viral video that shows a man begging to stay in jail instead of being deported back to Honduras has been deported five times and has a felony drug conviction on his record, according to a review of court records by 9Wants to Know...

The video was recorded on Facebook Live by a local activist with the Denver Justice Project.

It shows Kevin Avila-Gonzalez, 25, being arrested by ICE agents as he’s released from the Arapahoe County Detention Center on June 15...

A spokesperson for the Arapahoe County Detention Center said it’s standard practice for the facility to notify ICE by email when an inmate who has an immigration detainer will be released...

According to an ICE spokesperson, Avila-Gonzalez has been deported five times since 2011.