DHS issues update following ICE incident in Lindenwold, NJ

LINDENWOLD, NJ (WPVI) — The United States Department of Homeland Security has issued an update on an ICE incident in Camden County, New Jersey.

Video obtained by Action News shows elementary students in Lindenwold running from their bus stop after spotting immigration agents Thursday.

A DHS spokesperson says agents were trying to arrest Hugo Ariel Coello, who they say has a criminal history and is in the U.S. illegally from Honduras.

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Officials say he refused to stop his vehicle, got caught in school bus traffic, and then ran into the Woodland Village Apartments.

The spokesperson said, “for their safety, and that of the community, officers left the apartment complex without completing the arrest.”