Carolina Suarez-Estrada/Colombia/Failure to Stop for Law Enforcement, Attempted Evasion

ICE officers in Colorado arrested Carolina Suarez-Estrada, a thirty-two-year-old citizen of Colombia who is unlawfully present in the United States, after she failed to yield for a lawful arrest attempt in Chaffee County. According to incident reports, Suarez-Estrada did not stop her vehicle when agents initiated the encounter. Instead, she continued driving to a county probation office and attempted to avoid detention by entering the building and seeking refuge inside. Officers coordinated with local authorities, secured the scene, and effected the arrest without injury to the public, staff, or the subject.

Failure to stop for law enforcement and related evasion conduct are treated seriously because fleeing in a vehicle creates immediate risk to bystanders and responding officers. In encounters of this kind, investigators typically rely on dash and body-worn camera footage, radio logs, dispatch records, and witness statements to document the sequence of events from the initial attempt to stop through the eventual detention. Building entry and any interactions with government personnel are likewise captured in contemporaneous reports that establish time, location, and officer safety considerations.

Following the arrest, Suarez-Estrada was transported to an ICE facility for processing. Standard procedures include biometric identity verification, a review of immigration history, and compilation of any state or local police documentation tied to the incident. The criminal and immigration matters proceed on separate tracks: any local traffic or interference offenses will be handled by the appropriate court, while the immigration case determines removability under federal law. Suarez-Estrada remains in immigration custody while the administrative case moves forward before an immigration judge and while the required records are collected.