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How Strangers Helped Two Men Evade an Immigration Arrest: ‘Everybody Stepped up in Oswego’
The two people hid on a rooftop for about seven hours before supporters helped them down and Border Patrol agents took them into custody.
- On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, two individuals sought by the U.S. Border Patrol fled to the roof of a residence in Oswego, New York, remaining there for seven hours during a standoff with federal agents.
- Oswego Police Department officers initially responded to a reckless driver complaint near Charles E. Riley Elementary School, discovering the Border Patrol Targeted Enforcement Division was attempting to serve federal judicial warrants without city notification.
- Around 5 p.m., the Oswego Fire Department provided a ladder, but the men refused to use it, kicking the equipment away; more than 50 people gathered and helped the men escape.
- Oswego Mayor Robert A. Corradino commended local agencies for their professionalism, stating, "I am grateful that no one was injured and that our personnel upheld the highest standards of conduct."
- Following the standoff, the two men escaped in waiting cars, and Border Patrol agents withdrew after a confrontation between the crowd and broadcast journalists.
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