​He fled gang violence. Now this ICE detainee in Aurora tries to avoid deportation.

By: Lindsey Toomer

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: July 27, 2026

Words: 2,300

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Rudy Villeda Mejía has his own roofing business, a wife and three stepchildren in Washington, near the state’s border with Canada.

He has never been charged with a crime. He entered the U.S. without authorization for a second time in 2010 after he was kidnapped by a violent cartel in Mexico, and has been in the U.S. since then, according to a notarized personal statement Villeda Mejía submitted with his visa application, which Newsline …

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