Last fugitive detainee caught in California month after New Jersey escape

The last of four detainees who escaped from an immigration detention center in New Jersey last month has been arrested in California after weeks on the lam, authorities say.

Andres Felipe Pineda Mogollon was captured Thursday in Los Angeles. The local FBI and Homeland Security Task Force assisted. Authorities had been looking for Mogollon since his June 12 bust from Delaney Hall.

A total of four initially escaped the Newark facility, where ICE has been holding individuals facing possible deportation. The first two were captured within days…

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