61 immigrants detained in raid freed

BY WILLIAM A. WEATHERS | BWEATHERS@ENQUIRER.COM

All 161 people taken into custody Tuesday during a federal raid at Koch Foods in Fairfield have been identified as illegal immigrants, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman said Wednesday.

The detainees are from eight different countries, including Mexico, Guatemala and Peru.

Eighty of those remain in ICE custody, spokesman Greg Palmore said. Another 20 have been charged with state offenses, including forgery and taking the identity of another, and are in the Butler County jail, he said.
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The remaining 61 were released for “humanitarian reasons,â€