Authorities capture 2 dangerous juvenile fugitives in Pueblo
Authorities on Wednesday captured two 17-year-olds who escaped from a youth detention facility in Colorado Springs over two weeks ago.
Both from Pueblo, the teens were found at an apartment in the city shortly after midnight, the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
With assistance from the U.S. Marshals Task Force, deputies arrived at the apartment in the 1000 block of West 13th Street after receiving a tip that the two fugitives, Dameron Carbajal and Cristian Jaramillo, were inside. Law enforcement secured the perimeter and told residents to remain inside, prompting several to try to flee through a window, according to the release.
The two fugitives were found inside the residence and were arrested, the release reports. Authorities also arrested 22-year-old Dylan Vanluven on an unrelated warrant.
Jail records show Vanluven was booked into the Pueblo County jail, and authorities say the two teens were taken to the Pueblo Youth Services Center.
Authorities did not say if the juveniles would be transferred back to Spring Creek Youth Services Center, where they escaped Sept. 22, or stay in Pueblo.
Carbajal was serving five years on an attempted murder conviction, and Jaramillo was serving four years for felony kidnapping.
Authorities also seized weapons, ammunition and suspected narcotics during a protective sweep of the apartment, the Sheriff’s Office said. The weapons included three Glock handguns with extended magazines and an AR-style rifle with a high-capacity magazine.

Law enforcement officials said they also found an open safe containing a “large amount” of cash, digital scales and other items consistent with drug distribution.
The Sheriff’s Office is in charge of investigating the items seized at the scene as well as the harboring of the wanted criminals, the news release says.
The Colorado Springs Police Department announced Carbajal and Jaramillo’s escape a day after they broke out of the detention facility, telling the public in a news release to not approach the two, who were considered dangerous.
Police Department spokesperson Caitlin Ford told The Gazette that authorities held off announcing the escape to verify if they could legally identify the juveniles, which Colorado law typically prohibits, and to give investigators time to exhaust leads.
Not much is known about how the two escaped. In a statement, Michelle Barnes, who oversees the Colorado Department of Human Services’ Division of Youth Services, the organization in charge of the facility, said the agency “is investigating the events leading up to, during and following the escape on Sept. 22 to determine how to adequately update security perimeters and protocols.” She also said the state remains “committed to ensuring this does not happen again.”
What has been made public is the two were seen on video walking away from the facility. Police Department spokesperson Ira Cronin clarified that the two did not just “walk out,” saying the security footage was from outside the fence line.





