Cuban captured after escaping from immigration detention center in Miami

Florida authorities detained a Cuban immigrant with a possible deportation order who escaped from the Krome Detention Center in Miami.

Federal officials revealed that the subject, who has not been identified to the media, was captured after an intense search that mobilized Miami-Dade police and other police agencies, as well as air and canine resources.

The escape occurred on Tuesday afternoon, December 19, and the operation concluded three hours later, when Miami Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) agents caught the man.

"At approximately 4:58 p.m., local authorities were notified and assisted in the search with aerial and canine resources," the police said in an official statement, cited by America Sees You.

"At approximately 7:58 p.m., Miami Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) located and detained a Cuban national detainee who escaped from the Krome North Service Processing Center," the report added.

So far it has not been revealed how the Cuban who was in custody managed to escape from the facility or whether he posed a threat to the community.

The Krome Detention Center, located at 18200 SW 12th Street, Miami, is overseen by the federal government. Foreigners with deportation orders are held there after being processed by US immigration authorities.

In recent months, numerous Cubans in this situation have been transferred there to await their definitive transfer to Cuba.

Since last April, eight deportation flights have been made to Havana. The last one was on Thursday, November 30, in which 37 Cuban migrants were returned to the Island.