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Staff Reports
Niagara Gazette

TOWN OF LOCKPORT

Workers detained after harassment call

Three Hispanic workers were taken into custody Saturday by the U.S. Customs/Border Patrol for being in the United States illegally.

The Niagara County Sheriff’s Department responded to a wage dispute at a house construction site on Rebecca Drive. A sub-contractor for Ryan Homes was allegedly pushed by a worker who was upset over wages he claimed he was owed.

Three other workers who were hanging drywall were interviewed, but the language barrier made it difficult to do so. The Border Patrol was called and Supervisor Chris Griffiths and agent Sal Caccamo detained and took Francisco A. Monzon, 30, and Oscar Vasques-Canales, 28, of Hyattsville, Md. and Jose Mauricio Pereira-Santos, 23, unknown address, into custody.

The sub-contractor from Quarryville, Pa., did not want to pursue charges against the worker who allegedly pushed him and who had proper paperwork.

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