Packed jail tied to illegal immigration
Steve Lynn
Vail, CO Colorado
June 8, 2008

EAGLE — Jesus Adrian Romero talks excitedly in the Eagle County jail with a handful of other inmates, many of whom entered the United States illegally.

Romero and the other men in their 20s chatter in Spanish about what life is like in jail as Jairo Esparza, a fellow inmate, quickly translates.

One has been accused of firing a shotgun at and wounding a man at the Dotsero volcano. Another man has been accused of biting off a man’s ear.

Romero said he failed to complete alcohol classes after he drove drunk. Jail isn’t “so badâ€