Glenwood Springs resident deported to El Salvador
There are three women sitting in a small apartment in Glenwood Springs . They’re calm, but all fight back tears . “I just don’t want him taken away,” said Aeeilyn Villacara, 19. One morning in late July, Villacara and her boyfriend, 26-year-old Adan Serrano , were leaving their apartment. They were almost to their car when they were surrounded by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Villacara watched as they led Serrano away in handcuffs. As the women sit together, he’s being held at a detention center in Aurora. Adan’s sisters, Glenda and Sandra Serrano, sit across from Villacara. They’re scared and anxious, but not surprised. “Obviously, we came here illegally,” said Sandra Serrano. “I feel like it’s bad to say this, but it’s the truth.” Adan Serrano was 16 when he arrived in the U.S.; he and his sisters all came from El Salvador at different times. The sisters claim he had no choice but to leave. Gangs in El Salvador recruit kids and, if they don’t join, the...